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Article3 Biotech2018

Highly conserved hemagglutinin peptides of H1N1 influenza virus elicit immune response.

Neha Lohia, Manoj Baranwal

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Article in 3 Biotech, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Neha Lohia1Department of Biotechnology, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, 147004 Patiala, India.
Manoj Baranwal1Department of Biotechnology, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, 147004 Patiala, India.ORCID 0000-0002-6581-9346
Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the current study, two highly conserved (> 90%) H1N1 hemagglutinin peptides STDTVDTVLEKNVTVTHSVNL (H1) and KVNSVIEKMNTQFTAVGKEF (H2) containing multiple T-cell epitopes have been assessed for their immunogenic potential in vitro, subjecting peripheral blood mononuclear cells from healthy volunteers to repetitive stimulation of chemically synthesised H1 and H2 peptides, and measuring their interferon (IFN)-γ level (ELISA) and proliferation (MTT assay). Further, these peptides were analysed for their binding affinity with 18 different human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I and II by means of molecular docking. All seven samples tested for H1- and H2-induced IFN-γ secretion were found to have enhanced IFN-γ production. Six (H1) and five (H2) samples have shown proliferative response compared to unstimulated cells. Peptide-induced IFN-γ secretion and proliferation in healthy samples represent the immunogenic potential of these peptides. Further, molecular docking results reveal that the peptides have comparable binding energy to that of native bound peptide for both HLA classes which indicates that these peptides have the capability to be presented by different HLA molecules required for T-cell response. Hence, these conserved immunogenic hemagglutinin peptides are potential candidates for influenza vaccine development.

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Influenza virusInterferonLymphocytesMolecular dockingPeptidesT-cell-based vaccine

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PMID30498665
PMCPMC6242801
OpenAlexW2900863878

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