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ArticleVaccines2022

Immunoinformatics-Aided Analysis of RSV Fusion and Attachment Glycoproteins to Design a Potent Multi-Epitope Vaccine.

Hamza Arshad Dar, Fahad Nasser Almajhdi, Shahkaar Aziz, Yasir Waheed

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Article in Vaccines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Hamza Arshad DarDepartment of Bio and Brain Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Korea.
Fahad Nasser AlmajhdiDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-0135-7015
Shahkaar AzizInstitute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0002-6565-6989
Yasir WaheedOffice of Research, Innovation & Commercialization, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University (SZABMU), Islamabad 44000, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0002-5789-4215
King Saud University · SAKorea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology · KRShaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology · PKThe University of Agriculture, Peshawar · PK

Funding

King Saud University RSP-2021-198
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) usually causes respiratory tract infections of upper airways in infants and young children. Despite recent medical advances, no approved vaccine is available to control RSV infections. Therefore, we conducted an immunoinformatics study to design and evaluate a potential multi-epitope vaccine against RSV. Sequence-based analyses of the glycoproteins F and G revealed a total of eight CD8 T-cell and three CD4 T-cell epitopes after considering antigenicity, binding affinity and other parameters. Molecular docking analysis confirmed that these T-cell epitopes developed strong structural associations with HLA allele(s). By integrating these prioritized epitopes with linkers and a cholera toxin-derived adjuvant, a multi-epitope vaccine was designed. The developed vaccine was found to be stable, non-allergenic, flexible and antigenic. Molecular docking analysis revealed a striking mean HADDOCK score (-143.3) of top-ranked vaccine-TLR cluster and a Gibbs free energy change (ΔG) value of -11.3 kcal mol

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molecular dynamicsmolecular modelingmulti-epitope vaccinerespiratory syncytial virusvaccine candidate

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PMID36146460
PMCPMC9502547
OpenAlexW4293224550

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