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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2025

A comprehensive strategy for the development of a multi-epitope vaccine targeting

Jing Jiang, Linglan Xu, Xuefeng Wang, Ming Wang, Youde Cao, Ranhui Li, Kang Zheng, Xian Wu

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Jing Jiang *The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Traditional Chinese Medical College (Hunan Province Directly Affiliated TCM Hospital), Zhuzhou, China.
Linglan Xu *The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Traditional Chinese Medical College (Hunan Province Directly Affiliated TCM Hospital), Zhuzhou, China.
Xuefeng WangHunan Traditional Chinese Medical College, Zhuzhou, Hunan, China.
Ming WangThe First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Traditional Chinese Medical College (Hunan Province Directly Affiliated TCM Hospital), Zhuzhou, China.
Youde CaoDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital (The First-Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University), Changsha, Hunan, China.
Ranhui LiHunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Special Pathogens Prevention and Control, Institute of Pathogenic Biology, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, China.
Kang ZhengDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated Hengyang Hospital of Hunan Normal University & Hengyang Central Hospital, Hengyang, China.
Xian WuThe First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Traditional Chinese Medical College (Hunan Province Directly Affiliated TCM Hospital), Zhuzhou, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Objective: This study employed an immunoinformatics approach to design a vaccine with high immunogenic potential, targeting the heat shock proteins of Methods: Based on heat shock proteins of Results: The multi-epitope subunit vaccine we developed was constructed by seven cytotoxic T lymphocyte epitopes, five helper T lymphocyte epitopes, four B cell epitopes, and adjuvant β-defensin. An adjuvant was used to enhance immune responses, all of which were linked to one another using GPGPG, AAY, and KK linkers, respectively. The population coverage of the designed vaccine was 94.41% worldwide. Molecular docking and MD simulations indicated strong binding interactions with TLR1/2, TLR-2 and TLR-4 in a stable vaccine-receptor complex. The final designed vaccine, composed of 502 amino acids, theoretically exhibits high antigenicity and immunity, capable of inducing both humoral and cellular immune responses. Conclusion: The vaccine developed in this study theoretically represents a safe and potent multi-epitope prophylactic strategy against

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heat shock proteinimmune stimulationimmunoinformaticreverse vaccinologysubtractive proteomicsTreponema pallidumvaccine

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