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ArticleFuture virology2012

Role of T-cell epitope-based vaccine in prophylactic and therapeutic applications.

James S Testa, Ramila Philip

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Article in Future virology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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25 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

James S TestaImmunotope, Inc., Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center, 3805 Old Easton Road, Doylestown, PA 18902, USA.
Ramila Philip

Funding

Defining T cell epitopes in Dengue virus infectionR43AI062177 · NIAID · IMMUNOTOPE, INC. · PI PHILIP, RAMILA · 2007 to 2008
$600k
Synthetic Nanoparticle based Universal Influenza VaccineR43AI091232 · NIAID · IMMUNOTOPE, INC. · PI PHILIP, RAMILA · 2010 to 2011
$598k
NIAID NIH HHS R43 AI062177NIAID NIH HHS R43 AI091232
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines against viral infections have advanced in recent years from attenuated live vaccines to subunit-based vaccines. An ideal prophylactic vaccine should mimic the natural immunity induced by an infection, in that it should generate long-lasting adaptive immunity. To complement subunit vaccines, which primarily target an antibody response, different methodologies are being investigated to develop vaccines capable of driving cellular immunity. T-cell epitope discovery is central to this concept. In this review, the significance of T-cell epitope-based vaccines for prophylactic and therapeutic applications is discussed. Additionally, methodologies for the discovery of T-cell epitopes, as well as recent developments in the clinical testing of these vaccines for various viral infections, are explained.

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cellular immunitycytotoxic T cellsepitopeshumoral immunityimmunoproteomicsmass spectrometryMHC class Ivaccine

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PMID23630544
PMCPMC3636528

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