Better epitope discovery, precision immune engineering, and accelerated vaccine design using immunoinformatics tools

AS De Groot, L Moise, F Terry, AH Gutierrez… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Computational vaccinology includes epitope mapping, antigen selection, and immunogen
design using computational tools. Tools that facilitate the in silico prediction of immune …

[HTML][HTML] T-cell dependent immunogenicity of protein therapeutics: preclinical assessment and mitigation

V Jawa, LP Cousens, M Awwad, E Wakshull… - Clinical …, 2013 - Elsevier
Protein therapeutics hold a prominent and rapidly expanding place among medicinal
products. Purified blood products, recombinant cytokines, growth factors, enzyme …

Immunoinformatics-aided design of a peptide based multiepitope vaccine targeting glycoproteins and membrane proteins against monkeypox virus

N Akhtar, V Kaushik, RK Grewal, AK Wani… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
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 …

iVAX: An integrated toolkit for the selection and optimization of antigens and the design of epitope-driven vaccines

L Moise, A Gutierrez, F Kibria, R Martin… - Human vaccines & …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Computational vaccine design, also known as computational vaccinology, encompasses
epitope mapping, antigen selection and immunogen design using computational tools. The …

[HTML][HTML] Tregitope update: mechanism of action parallels IVIg

LP Cousens, R Tassone, BD Mazer… - Autoimmunity …, 2013 - Elsevier
In the course of screening immunoglobulin G (IgG) sequences for T cell epitopes, we
identified novel Treg epitope peptides, now called Tregitopes, contained in the highly …

A vaccinia virus renaissance: new vaccine and immunotherapeutic uses after smallpox eradication

PH Verardi, A Titong, CJ Hagen - Human vaccines & …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
In 1796, Edward Jenner introduced the concept of vaccination with cowpox virus, an
Orthopoxvirus within the family Poxviridae that elicits cross protective immunity against …

Application of IgG‐derived natural Treg epitopes (IgG Tregitopes) to antigen‐specific tolerance induction in a murine model of type 1 diabetes

LP Cousens, Y Su, E McClaine, X Li… - Journal of diabetes …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
HLA class II‐restricted regulatory T cell (Treg) epitopes in IgG (also called “Tregitopes”) have
been reported to suppress immune responses to coadministered antigens by stimulating the …

Defending against smallpox: a focus on vaccines

EA Voigt, RB Kennedy, GA Poland - Expert review of vaccines, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Smallpox has shaped human history, from the earliest human civilizations well into the 20th
century. With high mortality rates, rapid transmission, and serious long-term effects on …

Highly conserved influenza T cell epitopes induce broadly protective immunity

CS Eickhoff, FE Terry, L Peng, KA Meza, IG Sakala… - Vaccine, 2019 - Elsevier
Influenza world-wide causes significant morbidity and mortality annually, and more severe
pandemics when novel strains evolve to which humans are immunologically naïve. Because …

HelicoVax: epitope-based therapeutic Helicobacter pylori vaccination in a mouse model

SF Moss, L Moise, DS Lee, W Kim, S Zhang, J Lee… - Vaccine, 2011 - Elsevier
Helicobacter pylori is the leading cause of gastritis, peptic ulcer disease and gastric
adenocarcinoma and lymphoma in humans. Due to the decreasing efficacy of anti-H. pylori …