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ArticleDrug development research2022

The potential of developing a protective peptide-based vaccines against SARS-CoV-2.

Ahmed O Shalash, Istvan Toth, Mariusz Skwarczynski

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Article in Drug development research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ahmed O ShalashSchool of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-3819-4798
Istvan TothSchool of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia.
Mariusz SkwarczynskiSchool of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7257-807X
The University of Queensland · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

COVID-19 pandemic has been the deadliest infectious disease outbreak since Spanish flu. The emerging variant lineages, decay of neutralizing antibodies, and occur of reinfections require the development of highly protective and safe vaccines. As currently approved COVID-19 vaccines that utilize virus-related genetic material are less than ideal, other vaccine types have been also widely investigated. Among them, peptide-based vaccines hold great promise in countering COVID-19 as they may overcome most of the shortcomings of RNA/DNA and protein vaccines. Two basic types of potential peptide vaccines can be developed. The first type are those which rely on cytotoxic T-cell (CTL) responses to kill infected host cells and stop the replication via employing CTL-epitopes as vaccine antigens. The second type of peptide vaccines are those that rely on B-cell peptide epitopes to trigger humoral response via generating SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies to neutralize and/or opsonize the virus. We propose that combining both cellular and humoral immune responses would be highly protective. Here we discuss opportunities and challenges in the development of an effective and safe peptide-based vaccine against COVID-19.

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COVID-19Influenza Pandemic, 1918-1919Viral VaccinesAntibodies, ViralCOVID-19 VaccinesEpitopes, B-LymphocyteHistory, 20th CenturyHumansPandemicsSARS-CoV-2Vaccines, SubunitAntibodies, ViralCOVID-19 VaccinesEpitopes, B-LymphocyteVaccines, SubunitViral Vaccinesefficacygenetic vaccinespeptide vaccinessafetySARS-CoV-2

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PMID35751566
PMCPMC9349783
OpenAlexW4283516043

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