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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2017

Enhancement of humoral and cell mediated immune response to HPV16 L1-derived peptides subsequent to vaccination with prophylactic bivalent HPV L1 virus-like particle vaccine in healthy females.

Masato Yokomine, Satoko Matsueda, Kouichiro Kawano, Tetsuro Sasada, Akimasa Fukui, Takuto Yamashita, Nobukazu Komatsu, Shigeki Shichijo, Kazuto Tasaki, Ken Matsukuma and 3 more

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Immune Responses to Human Papillomavirus After Infection and Vaccination.Current topics in microbiology and immunology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Masato YokomineDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka 830-0011, Japan.
Satoko MatsuedaCancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University Medical Center, Kurume, Fukuoka 839-0863, Japan.
Kouichiro KawanoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka 830-0011, Japan.
Tetsuro SasadaCancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University Medical Center, Kurume, Fukuoka 839-0863, Japan.
Akimasa FukuiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka 830-0011, Japan.
Takuto YamashitaBiostatistics Center, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka 830-0011, Japan.
Nobukazu KomatsuDepartment of Immunology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka 830-0011, Japan.
Shigeki ShichijoCancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University Medical Center, Kurume, Fukuoka 839-0863, Japan.
Kazuto TasakiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka 830-0011, Japan.
Ken MatsukumaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka 830-0011, Japan.
Kyogo ItohCancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University Medical Center, Kurume, Fukuoka 839-0863, Japan.
Toshiharu KamuraDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka 830-0011, Japan.
Kimio UshijimaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka 830-0011, Japan.
Kurume University · JPKurume University Medical Center · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Currently prophylactic HPV16/18 L1 virus-like particle (VLP) vaccines are employed with great success for the prevention of HPV infection. However, limited information is available regarding the immune responses against human papillomavirus (HPV) 16/18 L1 subsequent to HPV16/18 L1 VLP vaccination, primarily due to the lack of widely used assays for immune monitoring. The aim of the present study was to identify HPV16 L1-derived B and T cell epitopes for monitoring the immune responses after HPV16/18 L1 VLP vaccination in healthy females. The levels of immunoglobulin G (IgG), IgE, IgA and IgM reactive to HPV16 L1-derived peptides were measured by multiplex bead suspension assay. Following detailed B cell epitope mapping, T cell responses specific to HPV16 L1-derived peptides were evaluated by an IFN-γ ELISPOT assay. The levels of IgG, IgM and IgA reactive to 20-mer peptides (PTPSGSMVTSDAQIFNKPYW) at positions 293-312 and 300-319 of HPV16 L1 were significantly increased in the plasma after 2, 7, and 12 months after first vaccination. Detailed epitope mapping identified the amino acid sequence (TSDAQIFNKP) at position 301-310 of HPV16 L1 as an immunogenic B cell epitope. In addition, T cell responses to an HLA-A2- and HLA-A24-restricted epitope (QIFNKPYWL) at position 305-313 of HPV16 L1 were increased following immunization, suggesting that the HPV16/18 L1-VLP vaccination as able to induce specific immune responses in T and B cells simultaneously. The identified B and T cell epitopes may be useful as a biomarker for monitoring the immune responses subsequent to HPV16/18 L1 VLP vaccination. Thus, the present study may provide novel information to improve the understanding of the immune responses to HPV16 L1.

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B cell epitopehuman papillomavirusprophylactic vaccineT cell epitope

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PMID28413500
PMCPMC5377531
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