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A High Throughput MHC II Binding Assay for Quantitative Analysis of Peptide Epitopes
Published on: March 25, 2014
Development of a Multiepitope Vaccine Against SARS-CoV-2: Immunoinformatics Study
Fatemeh Ghafouri1, Reza Ahangari Cohan2, Hilda Samimi3
1Department of Biotechnology Faculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology Shahid Beheshti University Tehran Iran.
Background:
Since the first appearance of SARS-CoV-2 in China in December 2019, the world witnessed the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak. Due to the high transmissibility rate of the virus, there is an urgent need to design and develop vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 to prevent more cases affected by the virus.
Objective:
A computational approach is proposed for vaccine design against the SARS-CoV-2 spike (S) protein, as the key target for neutralizing antibodies, and envelope (E) protein, which contains a conserved sequence feature.
Methods:
We used previously reported epitopes of S protein detected experimentally and further identified a collection of predicted B-cell and major histocompatibility (MHC) class II-restricted T-cell epitopes derived from E proteins with an identical match to SARS-CoV-2 E protein.
Results:
The in silico design of our candidate vaccine against the S and E proteins of SARS-CoV-2 demonstrated a high affinity to MHC class II molecules and effective results in immune response simulations.
Conclusions:
Based on the results of this study, the multiepitope vaccine designed against the S and E proteins of SARS-CoV-2 may be considered as a new, safe, and efficient approach to combatting the COVID-19 pandemic.
