Predicting epitopes for vaccine development using bioinformatics tools

V Yurina, OR Adianingsih - Therapeutic advances in …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Epitope-based DNA vaccine development is one application of bioinformatics or in silico
studies, that is, computational methods, including mathematical, chemical, and biological …

Structural and computational biology in the design of immunogenic vaccine antigens

L Liljeroos, E Malito, I Ferlenghi… - Journal of immunology …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Vaccination is historically one of the most important medical interventions for the prevention
of infectious disease. Previously, vaccines were typically made of rather crude mixtures of …

A human bi-specific antibody against Zika virus with high therapeutic potential

J Wang, M Bardelli, DA Espinosa, M Pedotti, TS Ng… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Zika virus (ZIKV), a mosquito-borne flavivirus, causes devastating congenital birth defects.
We isolated a human monoclonal antibody (mAb), ZKA190, that potently cross-neutralizes …

Epitopes and mimotopes identification using phage display for vaccine development against infectious pathogens

M Palma - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Traditional vaccines use inactivated or weakened forms of pathogens which could have side
effects and inadequate immune responses. To overcome these challenges, phage display …

Epitope mapping of monoclonal antibodies: a comprehensive comparison of different technologies

X Dang, L Guelen, D Lutje Hulsik, G Ermakov, EJ Hsieh… - Mabs, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Monoclonal antibodies have become an important class of therapeutics in the last 30 years.
Because the mechanism of action of therapeutic antibodies is intimately linked to their …

Toward rational vaccine engineering

YL Vishweshwaraiah, NV Dokholyan - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Technological revolutions in several fields have pushed the boundaries of vaccine design
and provided new avenues for vaccine development. Next-generation vaccine platforms …

Food protein structures, functionality and product development

ID Nwachukwu, RE Aluko - 2021 - books.rsc.org
The unique combinations of biological, nutritional and functional properties in proteins make
them important food ingredients with the capacity to provide a range of diverse and highly …

Epitope mapping of antibody-antigen interactions with X-ray crystallography

M Toride King, CL Brooks - Epitope Mapping Protocols, 2018 - Springer
Therapeutic antibodies constitute one of the fastest areas of growth in the field of biologic
drugs. A molecular understanding of how antibodies interact with their target antigens is …

[HTML][HTML] Epitopes prediction for microcystin-LR by molecular docking

Y Liu, S Liu, C Xu, M Lin, Y Li, C Shen, Y Liang… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Microcystin-LR (MC-LR) is one of the most worldwide harmful cyanobacterial toxins.
A lots of antibodies against MC-LR have been generated and characterized. However, the …

Zika virus proteins at an atomic scale: how does structural biology help us to understand and develop vaccines and drugs against Zika virus infection?

AP Valente, AH Moraes - Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins …, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
In Brazil and in other tropical areas Zika virus infection was directly associated with clinical
complications as microcephaly in newborn children whose mothers were infected during …