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ArticlePloS one2022

Epitope-Evaluator: An interactive web application to study predicted T-cell epitopes.

Luis Fernando Soto, David Requena, Juan Ignacio Fuxman Bass

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Luis Fernando SotoEscuela Profesional de Genética y Biotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú.ORCID 0000-0002-6348-6437
David RequenaLaboratory of Cellular Biophysics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, United States of America.
Juan Ignacio Fuxman BassBiology Department, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-9457-1207

Funding

Structure and Function of Immune Gene Regulatory NetworksR35GM128625 · NIGMS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI Juan Ignacio Fuxman Bass · 2018 to 2026
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NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM128625
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple immunoinformatic tools have been developed to predict T-cell epitopes from protein amino acid sequences for different major histocompatibility complex (MHC) alleles. These prediction tools output hundreds of potential peptide candidates which require further processing; however, these tools are either not graphical or not friendly for non-programming users. We present Epitope-Evaluator, a web tool developed in the Shiny/R framework to interactively analyze predicted T-cell epitopes. Epitope-Evaluator contains six tools providing the distribution of epitopes across a selected set of MHC alleles, the promiscuity and conservation of epitopes, and their density and location within antigens. Epitope-Evaluator requires as input the fasta file of protein sequences and the output prediction file coming out from any predictor. By choosing different cutoffs and parameters, users can produce several interactive plots and tables that can be downloaded as JPG and text files, respectively. Using Epitope-Evaluator, we found the HLA-B*40, HLA-B*27:05 and HLA-B*07:02 recognized fewer epitopes from the SARS-CoV-2 proteome than other MHC Class I alleles. We also identified shared epitopes between Delta, Omicron, and Wuhan Spike variants as well as variant-specific epitopes. In summary, Epitope-Evaluator removes the programming barrier and provides intuitive tools, allowing a straightforward interpretation and graphical representations that facilitate the selection of candidate epitopes for experimental evaluation. The web server Epitope-Evaluator is available at https://fuxmanlab.shinyapps.io/Epitope-Evaluator/.

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COVID-19Epitopes, T-LymphocyteHistocompatibility Antigens Class IHLA-B AntigensHumansSARS-CoV-2Epitopes, T-LymphocyteHistocompatibility Antigens Class IHLA-B Antigens

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PMID36018887
PMCPMC9417011

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