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ReviewHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2013

Advances in the study of HLA-restricted epitope vaccines.

Lingxiao Zhao, Min Zhang, Hua Cong

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Review in Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Lingxiao ZhaoDepartment of Human Parasitology; Shandong University School of Medicine; Shandong, P.R. China.
Min ZhangDepartment of Human Parasitology; Shandong University School of Medicine; Shandong, P.R. China.
Hua CongDepartment of Human Parasitology; Shandong University School of Medicine; Shandong, P.R. China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vaccination is a proven strategy for protection from disease. An ideal vaccine would include antigens that elicit a safe and effective protective immune response. HLA-restricted epitope vaccines, which include T-lymphocyte epitopes restricted by HLA alleles, represent a new and promising immunization approach. In recent years, research in HLA-restricted epitope vaccines for the treatment of tumors and for the prevention of viral, bacterial, and parasite-induced infectious diseases have achieved substantial progress. Approaches for the improvement of the immunogenicity of epitope vaccines include (1) improving the accuracy of the methods used for the prediction of epitopes, (2) making use of additional HLA-restricted CD8(+) T-cell epitopes, (3) the inclusion of specific CD4(+) T-cell epitopes, (4) adding B-cell epitopes to the vaccine construction, (5) finding more effective adjuvants and delivery systems, (6) using immunogenic carrier proteins, and (7) using multiple proteins as epitopes sources. In this manuscript, we review recent research into HLA-restricted epitope vaccines.

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Bacterial InfectionsBiomedical ResearchB-LymphocytesCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesEpitopes, T-LymphocyteHLA AntigensHumansNeoplasmsParasitic DiseasesVaccines, SubunitVirus DiseasesEpitopes, T-LymphocyteHLA AntigensVaccines, Subunitadjuvantbioinformaticepitope vaccineHLA restrictionMHC

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PMID23955319
PMCPMC4162067

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