Immobilization by surface conjugation of cyclic peptides for effective mimicry of the HCV-envelope E2 protein as a strategy toward synthetic vaccines [PDF]
, 2018 Mimicry of the binding interface of antibody-antigen interactions using peptide-based modulators (i.e. epitope mimics) has promising applications for vaccine design.
Dunlop, James I. +5 more
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Future of cancer immunotherapy using plant virus-based nanoparticles
Future Science OA, 2019 Immunotherapy potentiates a patient’s immune response against some forms of cancer, including malignant tumors. In this Special Report, we have summarized the use of nanoparticles that have been designed for use in cancer immunotherapy with particular ...
Erum Shoeb, Kathleen Hefferon
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Characterization and epitope mapping of human monoclonal antibodies to PDC-E2, the immunodominant autoantigen of primary biliary cirrhosis [PDF]
, 1992 Further to define the epitopes of PDC-E2, the major autoantigen in primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), we have developed and characterized five human monoclonal antibodies. These antibodies were derived by fusing a regional hepatic lymph node from a patient
Bassendine +49 more
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Understanding the T cell immune response in SARS coronavirus infection
Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2012 The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic started in late 2002 and swiftly spread across 5 continents with a mortality rate of around 10%.
Hsueh-Ling Janice Oh +3 more
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Recent Progress Towards a Gonococcal Vaccine
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022 Gonorrhea is a global health concern. Its etiological agent, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, rapidly acquires antimicrobial resistance and does not confer protective immunity as a consequence of infection.
Stavros A. Maurakis +1 more
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Celiac Immunogenic Potential of α-Gliadin Epitope Variants from Triticum and Aegilops Species [PDF]
, 2019 The high global demand of wheat and its subsequent consumption arise from the physicochemical properties of bread dough and its contribution to the protein intake in the human diet.
Barro Losada, Francisco +8 more
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FAIR principles and the IEDB: short-term improvements and a long-term vision of OBO-foundry mediated machine-actionable interoperability. [PDF]
, 2018 The Immune Epitope Database (IEDB), at www.iedb.org, has the mission to make published experimental data relating to the recognition of immune epitopes easily available to the scientific public.
Mungall, Christopher J +4 more
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Computational Design of a Novel VLP-Based Vaccine for Hepatitis B Virus
Frontiers in Immunology, 2020 Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a global virus responsible for a universal disease burden for millions of people. Various vaccination strategies have been developed using viral vector, nucleic acid, protein, peptide, and virus-like particles (VLPs) to ...
Saeed Mobini +4 more
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Identifying New Hybrid Insulin Peptides (HIPs) in Type 1 Diabetes
Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 In 2016 Delong et al. discovered a new type of neoepitope formed by the fusion of two unrelated peptide fragments. Remarkably these neoepitopes, called hybrid insulin peptides, or HIPs, are recognized by pathogenic CD4+ T cells in the NOD mouse and human
Stuart I. Mannering +5 more
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Current Opinion in Immunology, 1996 Epitope (determinant) spreading is the development of immune responses to endogenous epitopes secondary to the release of self antigens during a chronic autoimmune or inflammatory response. The past year has seen considerable advances in our understanding of the contribution of epitope spreading to the chronic pathogenesis of experimental T-cell ...
Vanderlugt, Carol J, Miller, Stephen D
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