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ReviewSeminars in immunology2020

Epitope prediction and identification- adaptive T cell responses in humans.

John Sidney, Bjoern Peters, Alessandro Sette

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Review in Seminars in immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

John SidneyCenter for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, 9420 Athena Circle, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.
Bjoern PetersCenter for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, 9420 Athena Circle, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA; Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.
Alessandro SetteCenter for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, 9420 Athena Circle, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA; Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA. Electronic address: alex@lji.org.

Funding

IMMUNE EPITOPE AND ANALYSIS PROGRAM: Transplantation of organs, tissues and cells 75N93019C00001 · NIAID · LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY · PI WILSON, STEPHEN · 2019 to 2025
$23.1M
Towards the identification of biomarkers for pediatric milk allergyU19AI135731 · NIAID · LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY · PI VIJAYANAND, PANDURANGAN · 2018 to 2022
$5.6M
NIAID NIH HHS 75N93019C00001NIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201400045CNIAID NIH HHS U19 AI135731
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epitopes, in the context of T cell recognition, are short peptides typically derived by antigen processing, and presented on the cell surface bound to MHC molecules (HLA molecules in humans) for TCR scrutiny. The identification of epitopes is a context-dependent process, with consideration given to, for example, the source pathogen and protein, the host organism, and state of the immune reaction (e.g., following natural infection, vaccination, etc.). In the following review, we consider the various approaches used to define T cell epitopes, including both bioinformatic and experimental approaches, and discuss the concepts of immunodominance and immunoprevalence. We also discuss HLA polymorphism and epitope restriction, and the resulting impact on the identification of, and potential population coverage afforded by, epitopes or epitope-based vaccines. Finally, some examples of the practical application of T cell epitope identification are provided, showing how epitopes have been valuable for deriving novel immunological insights in the context of the immune response to various pathogens and allergens.

Indexed as

AnimalsComputational BiologyEpitope MappingEpitopes, T-LymphocyteHLA AntigensHumansImmunoassayImmunodominant EpitopesPolymorphism, GeneticProtein BindingT-LymphocytesVaccinesEpitopes, T-LymphocyteHLA AntigensImmunodominant EpitopesVaccinesEpitope predictionHLAMHCPolymorphismT cell epitopesVaccines

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PMID33131981
PMCPMC7749839

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