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ArticleBMC immunology2013

In silico identification of common epitopes from pathogenic mycobacteria.

Bárbara de la Caridad Addine Ramírez, Reynel Marrón, Rommel Calero, Mayelin Mirabal, Juan Carlos Ramírez, María E Sarmiento, Mohd Nor Norazmi, Armando Acosta

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Article in BMC immunology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Bárbara de la Caridad Addine RamírezFinlay Institute, Ave. 27, No. 19805, La Lisa, La Habana, Cuba.
Reynel Marrón
Rommel Calero
Mayelin Mirabal
Juan Carlos Ramírez
María E Sarmiento
Mohd Nor Norazmi
Armando Acosta
Finlay Institute · CUUniversiti Sains Malaysia · MY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An in silico study was carried out to identify antigens for their possible collective use as vaccine candidates against diseases caused by different classes of pathogenic mycobacteria with significant clinical relevance. The genome sequences of the relevant causative agents were used in order to search for orthologous genes among them. Bioinformatics tools permitted us to identify several conserved sequences with 100% identity with no possibility of cross-reactivity to the normal flora and human proteins. Nine different proteins were characterized using the strain H37Rv as reference and taking into account their functional category, their in vivo expression and subcellular location. T and B cell epitopes were identified in the selected sequences. Theoretical prediction of population coverage was calculated for individual epitopes as well as their combinations. Several identical sequences, belonging to six proteins containing T and B cell epitopes which are not present in selected microorganisms of the normal microbial flora or in human proteins were obtained.

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Amino Acid SequenceAntigens, BacterialBacterial ProteinsBacterial VaccinesBase SequenceComputational BiologyComputer SimulationConserved SequenceEpitopesGenome, BacterialHumansMycobacteriumMycobacterium tuberculosisSequence AlignmentSequence Analysis, DNAAntigens, BacterialBacterial ProteinsBacterial VaccinesEpitopesMycobacterium tuberculosis antigens

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PMID23458668
PMCPMC3582421
OpenAlexW2008103443

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