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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2023

A comprehensive approach to developing a multi-epitope vaccine against

Fan Jiang, Yong Han, Yinping Liu, Yong Xue, Peng Cheng, Li Xiao, Wenping Gong

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fan Jiang *Beijing Key Laboratory of New Techniques of Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Treatment, Senior Department of Tuberculosis, The Eighth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yong Han *Respiratory Research Institute, Senior Department of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, The Eighth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yinping LiuBeijing Key Laboratory of New Techniques of Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Treatment, Senior Department of Tuberculosis, The Eighth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yong XueBeijing Key Laboratory of New Techniques of Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Treatment, Senior Department of Tuberculosis, The Eighth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Peng ChengBeijing Key Laboratory of New Techniques of Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Treatment, Senior Department of Tuberculosis, The Eighth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Li XiaoRespiratory Research Institute, Senior Department of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, The Eighth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Wenping GongBeijing Key Laboratory of New Techniques of Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Treatment, Senior Department of Tuberculosis, The Eighth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Chinese PLA General Hospital · CNChinese People 's Liberation Army No. 85 Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: The Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, currently used against tuberculosis (TB), exhibits inconsistent efficacy, highlighting the need for more potent TB vaccines. Materials and methods: In this study, we employed reverse vaccinology techniques to develop a promising multi-epitope vaccine (MEV) candidate, called PP13138R, for TB prevention. PP13138R comprises 34 epitopes, including B-cell, cytotoxic T lymphocyte, and helper T lymphocyte epitopes. Using bioinformatics and immunoinformatics tools, we assessed the physicochemical properties, structural features, and immunological characteristics of PP13138R. Results: The vaccine candidate demonstrated excellent antigenicity, immunogenicity, and solubility without any signs of toxicity or sensitization. Conclusion: These findings highlight the potential of PP13138R as a promising MEV candidate, characterized by favorable antigenicity, immunogenicity, and solubility, without any toxicity or sensitization.

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Mycobacterium tuberculosisTuberculosisBCG VaccineCytokinesEpitopes, T-LymphocyteHumansImmunizationBCG VaccineCytokinesEpitopes, T-Lymphocytecytometric bead assay (CBA)enzyme linked immunospot assay (ELISPOT)immunoinformaticmulti-epitope vaccine (MEV)Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB)tuberculosis (TB)

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PMID38022558
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