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Myelin Peptide-Mannan Conjugate Multiple Sclerosis Vaccines: Conjugation Efficacy and Stability of Vaccine Ingredient.

John Matsoukas, George Deraos, Kostas Kelaidonis, Md Kamal Hossain, Jack Feehan, Andreas G Tzakos, Elizabeth Matsoukas, Emmanuel Topoglidis, Vasso Apostolopoulos

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Article in Vaccines, 2021. 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
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Semi-Supervised Learning for Predicting Multiple Sclerosis.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

John MatsoukasDrug Discovery Laboratory, NewfvDrug, P.C., Patras Science Park, 26504 Patras, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-5554-2964
George DeraosDrug Discovery Laboratory, NewfvDrug, P.C., Patras Science Park, 26504 Patras, Greece.
Kostas KelaidonisDrug Discovery Laboratory, NewfvDrug, P.C., Patras Science Park, 26504 Patras, Greece.
Md Kamal HossainInstitute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC 3030, Australia.
Jack FeehanInstitute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC 3030, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9627-1299
Andreas G TzakosDepartment of Chemistry, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-6391-0288
Elizabeth MatsoukasDrug Discovery Laboratory, NewfvDrug, P.C., Patras Science Park, 26504 Patras, Greece.
Emmanuel TopoglidisMaterials Science Department, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-0009-9309
Vasso ApostolopoulosInstitute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC 3030, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6788-2771
Victoria University · AUAustralian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science · AUUniversity of Calgary · CAUniversity of Ioannina · GRUniversity of Patras · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myelin peptide-mannan conjugates have been shown to be potential vaccines in the immunotherapy of multiple sclerosis. The conjugates are comprised from the epitope peptide and the polysaccharide mannan which transfers as a carrier the antigenic peptide to dendritic cells that process and present antigenic peptides at their surface in complex with MHC class I or class II resulting in T-cell stimulation. The conjugation of antigenic peptide with mannan occurs through the linker (Lys-Gly)5, which connects the peptide with the oxidized mannose units of mannan. This study describes novel methods for the quantification of the vaccine ingredient peptide within the conjugate, a prerequisite for approval of clinical trials in the pursuit of multiple sclerosis therapeutics. Myelin peptides, such as MOG

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conjugationelectrochemistryepitopeHPLC(KG)5mannanMBP83–99MOG35–55myelinpeptidePLP131–149quantificationstabilityUPLC-MS/MS

Identifiers

PMID34960201
PMCPMC8708491
OpenAlexW4200383795

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