Recent advances in B-cell epitope prediction methods

Y El-Manzalawy, V Honavar - Immunome research, 2010 - Springer
Identification of epitopes that invoke strong responses from B-cells is one of the key steps in
designing effective vaccines against pathogens. Because experimental determination of …

Linear B-cell epitope prediction for in silico vaccine design: A performance review of methods available via command-line interface

KA Galanis, KC Nastou, NC Papandreou… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Linear B-cell epitope prediction research has received a steadily growing interest ever since
the first method was developed in 1981. B-cell epitope identification with the help of an …

epitope3D: a machine learning method for conformational B-cell epitope prediction

BM da Silva, YC Myung, DB Ascher… - Briefings in …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The ability to identify antigenic determinants of pathogens, or epitopes, is fundamental to
guide rational vaccine development and immunotherapies, which are particularly relevant …

Monoclonal antibodies against Aβ42 fibrils distinguish multiple aggregation state polymorphisms in vitro and in Alzheimer disease brain

A Hatami, R Albay, S Monjazeb, S Milton… - Journal of biological …, 2014 - ASBMB
Amyloidogenic proteins generally form intermolecularly hydrogen-bonded β-sheet
aggregates, including parallel, in-register β-sheets (recognized by antiserum OC) or …

[HTML][HTML] B-cell epitope mapping for the design of vaccines and effective diagnostics

TA Ahmad, AE Eweida, SA Sheweita - Trials in Vaccinology, 2016 - Elsevier
The increasing resistance of many microbial strains to antibiotics, delayed laboratory results,
and side effects of many chemotherapeutics has raised the need to search for sensitive …

Structure of PLA2R reveals presentation of the dominant membranous nephropathy epitope and an immunogenic patch

M Fresquet, MP Lockhart-Cairns… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Membranous nephropathy is an autoimmune kidney disease caused by autoantibodies
targeting antigens present on glomerular podocytes, instigating a cascade leading to …

State of the art in epitope mapping and opportunities in COVID-19

SM Hamed, MM Sakr, GS El-Housseiny, R Wasfi… - Future Science …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The understanding of any disease calls for studying specific biological structures called
epitopes. One important tool recently drawing attention and improving efficiency in both …

The correlation between subolesin-reactive epitopes and vaccine efficacy

M Contreras, PD Kasaija, F Kabi, S Mugerwa… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Vaccination is an environmentally-friendly alternative for tick control. The tick antigen
Subolesin (SUB) has shown protection in vaccines for the control of multiple tick species in …

In silico prediction of linear B-cell epitopes on proteins

Y El-Manzalawy, D Dobbs, VG Honavar - Prediction of Protein Secondary …, 2017 - Springer
Antibody-protein interactions play a critical role in the humoral immune response. B-cells
secrete antibodies, which bind antigens (eg, cell surface proteins of pathogens). The specific …

Epitope screening using Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry (HDX‐MS): An accelerated workflow for evaluation of lead monoclonal antibodies

S Zhu, P Liuni, T Chen, C Houy, DJ Wilson… - Biotechnology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Epitope mapping is an increasingly important aspect of biotherapeutic and
vaccine development. Recent advances in therapeutic antibody design and production have …