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ArticleEuropean journal of pharmaceutical sciences : official journal of the European Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences2020

Design of a Novel Multi Epitope-Based Vaccine for Pandemic Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) by Vaccinomics and Probable Prevention Strategy against Avenging Zoonotics.

Sajjad Ahmad, Afifa Navid, Rabia Farid, Ghulam Abbas, Faisal Ahmad, Naila Zaman, Nousheen Parvaiz, Syed Sikander Azam

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Article in European journal of pharmaceutical sciences : official journal of the European Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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33 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sajjad AhmadComputational Biology Lab, National Center for Bioinformatics (NCB), Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan.
Afifa NavidComputational Biology Lab, National Center for Bioinformatics (NCB), Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan.
Rabia FaridComputational Biology Lab, National Center for Bioinformatics (NCB), Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan.
Ghulam AbbasComputational Biology Lab, National Center for Bioinformatics (NCB), Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan.
Faisal AhmadComputational Biology Lab, National Center for Bioinformatics (NCB), Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan.
Naila ZamanComputational Biology Lab, National Center for Bioinformatics (NCB), Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan.
Nousheen ParvaizComputational Biology Lab, National Center for Bioinformatics (NCB), Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan.
Syed Sikander AzamComputational Biology Lab, National Center for Bioinformatics (NCB), Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan.. Electronic address: syedazam2008@gmail.com.
Quaid-i-Azam University · PK

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The emergence and rapid expansion of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) require the development of effective countermeasures especially a vaccine to provide active acquired immunity against the virus. This study presented a comprehensive vaccinomics approach applied to the complete protein data published so far in the National Center for Biotechnological Information (NCBI) coronavirus data hub. We identified non-structural protein 8 (Nsp8), 3C-like proteinase, and spike glycoprotein as potential targets for immune responses to COVID-19. Epitopes prediction illustrated both B-cell and T-cell epitopes associated with the mentioned proteins. The shared B and T-cell epitopes: DRDAAMQRK and QARSEDKRA of Nsp8, EDMLNPNYEDL and EFTPFDVVR of 3C-like proteinase, and VNNSYECDIPI of the spike glycoprotein are regions of high potential interest and have a high likelihood of being recognized by the human immune system. The vaccine construct of the epitopes shows stimulation of robust primary immune responses and high level of interferon gamma. Also, the construct has the best conformation with respect to the tested innate immune receptors involving vigorous molecular mechanics and solvation energy. Designing of vaccination strategies that target immune response focusing on these conserved epitopes could generate immunity that not only provide cross protection across Betacoronaviruses but additionally resistant to virus evolution.

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Drug DesignAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsB-LymphocytesCoronavirus InfectionsCoronavirus RNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseCOVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesEpitope MappingEpitopesGlycoproteinsHumansModels, MolecularMolecular Dynamics SimulationPandemicsPneumonia, ViralCoronavirus RNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseCOVID-19 VaccinesEpitopesGlycoproteinsNS8 protein, SARS-CoV-2Receptors, ImmunologicViral Nonstructural ProteinsViral ProteinsViral Vaccines3C-like proteinaseCoronavirus disease (COVID-19)Non-structural protein 8Spike glycoproteinVaccinomics

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PMID32454128
PMCPMC7245302
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