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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2017

Design and Synthesis of Non-Peptide Mimetics Mapping the Immunodominant Myelin Basic Protein (MBP

Mary-Patricia Yannakakis, Carmen Simal, Haralambos Tzoupis, Maria Rodi, Narges Dargahi, Monica Prakash, Athanasia Mouzaki, James A Platts, Vasso Apostolopoulos, Theodore V Tselios

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Mary-Patricia YannakakisDepartment of Chemistry, University of Patras, 26504 Rion Patras, Greece. yannakakism@gmail.com.
Carmen SimalDepartment of Chemistry, University of Patras, 26504 Rion Patras, Greece. carmen.simal@gmail.com.
Haralambos TzoupisDepartment of Chemistry, University of Patras, 26504 Rion Patras, Greece. haralambostz@gmail.com.
Maria RodiLaboratory of Immunohematology, Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Patras, Rion, 26500 Patras, Greece. marodi_biol@yahoo.gr.
Narges DargahiCentre for Chronic Disease, College of Health and Biomedicine, Victoria University, St. Albans, VIC 3021, Australia. Narges.dargahi@live.vu.edu.au.
Monica PrakashCentre for Chronic Disease, College of Health and Biomedicine, Victoria University, St. Albans, VIC 3021, Australia. monica.prakash@vu.edu.au.
Athanasia MouzakiLaboratory of Immunohematology, Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Patras, Rion, 26500 Patras, Greece. mouzaki@upatras.gr.
James A PlattsSchool of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Park Place, Cardiff CF103AT, Wales, UK. platts@cardiff.ac.uk.
Vasso ApostolopoulosCentre for Chronic Disease, College of Health and Biomedicine, Victoria University, St. Albans, VIC 3021, Australia. vasso.apostolopoulos@vu.edu.au.
Theodore V TseliosDepartment of Chemistry, University of Patras, 26504 Rion Patras, Greece. ttselios@upatras.gr.
University of Patras · GRVictoria University · AUCardiff University · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Encephalitogenic T cells are heavily implicated in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. Their stimulation is triggered by the formation of a trimolecular complex between the human leukocyte antigen (HLA), an immunodominant myelin basic protein (MBP) epitope, and the T cell receptor (TCR). We detail herein our studies directed towards the rational design and synthesis of non-peptide mimetic molecules, based on the immunodominant MBP

Indexed as

Biological MimicryDrug DesignEpitope MappingAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsChemistry Techniques, SyntheticComputer SimulationEpitopes, T-LymphocyteFemaleHumansLeukocytes, MononuclearMiceModels, MolecularMyelin Basic ProteinPeptide FragmentsProtein BindingEpitopes, T-LymphocyteMyelin Basic ProteinPeptide FragmentsReceptors, Antigen, T-Cellcell proliferationmolecular modelingmultiple sclerosisnon-peptide mimeticsrational drug designT cell antagonismtrimolecular complex

Identifiers

PMID28594344
PMCPMC5486038
OpenAlexW2621678187

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