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ArticleViruses2022

Immunoinformatics-Aided Design of a Peptide Based Multiepitope Vaccine Targeting Glycoproteins and Membrane Proteins against Monkeypox Virus.

Nahid Akhtar, Vikas Kaushik, Ravneet Kaur Grewal, Atif Khurshid Wani, Chonticha Suwattanasophon, Kiattawee Choowongkomon, Romina Oliva, Abdul Rajjak Shaikh, Luigi Cavallo, Mohit Chawla

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Article in Viruses, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Nahid AkhtarSchool of Bio-Engineering and Bio-Sciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144411, India.ORCID 0000-0002-8286-3736
Vikas KaushikSchool of Bio-Engineering and Bio-Sciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144411, India.ORCID 0000-0003-2349-1220
Ravneet Kaur GrewalDepartment of Research and Innovation, STEMskills Research and Education Lab Private Limited, Faridabad 121002, India.ORCID 0000-0002-7251-7979
Atif Khurshid WaniSchool of Bio-Engineering and Bio-Sciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144411, India.ORCID 0000-0002-8820-1231
Chonticha SuwattanasophonDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngam Wong Wan Rd, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
Kiattawee ChoowongkomonDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngam Wong Wan Rd, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0002-2421-7859
Romina OlivaDepartment of Sciences and Technologies, University Parthenope of Naples, Centro Direzionale Isola C4, I-80143 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6156-6249
Abdul Rajjak ShaikhDepartment of Research and Innovation, STEMskills Research and Education Lab Private Limited, Faridabad 121002, India.ORCID 0000-0003-4444-0684
Luigi CavalloPhysical Sciences and Engineering Division, Kaust Catalysis Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
Mohit ChawlaPhysical Sciences and Engineering Division, Kaust Catalysis Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-3332-3055
Kasetsart University · THLovely Professional University · INKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology · SAParthenope University of Naples · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Monkeypox is a self-limiting zoonotic viral disease and causes smallpox-like symptoms. The disease has a case fatality ratio of 3-6% and, recently, a multi-country outbreak of the disease has occurred. The currently available vaccines that have provided immunization against monkeypox are classified as live attenuated vaccinia virus-based vaccines, which pose challenges of safety and efficacy in chronic infections. In this study, we have used an immunoinformatics-aided design of a multi-epitope vaccine (MEV) candidate by targeting monkeypox virus (MPXV) glycoproteins and membrane proteins. From these proteins, seven epitopes (two T-helper cell epitopes, four T-cytotoxic cell epitopes and one linear B cell epitopes) were finally selected and predicted as antigenic, non-allergic, interferon-γ activating and non-toxic. These epitopes were linked to adjuvants to design a non-allergic and antigenic candidate MPXV-MEV. Further, molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations predicted stable interactions between predicted MEV and human receptor TLR5. Finally, the immune-simulation analysis showed that the candidate MPXV-MEV could elicit a human immune response. The results obtained from these in silico experiments are promising but require further validation through additional in vivo experiments.

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Monkeypox virusMpox, MonkeypoxComputational BiologyEpitopes, B-LymphocyteEpitopes, T-LymphocyteGlycoproteinsHumansMembrane ProteinsMolecular Docking SimulationPeptidesVaccines, SubunitEpitopes, B-LymphocyteEpitopes, T-LymphocyteGlycoproteinsMembrane ProteinsPeptidesVaccines, Subunitepitope-based vaccineimmunoinformaticsmonkeypoxmonkeypox virusorthopoxvirusreverse vaccinology

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PMID36366472
PMCPMC9693848
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