Structure-guided design of multi-epitopes vaccine against variants of concern (VOCs) of SARS-CoV-2 and validation through In silico cloning and immune simulations

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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corovirus2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been determined to be the cause of the current pandemic. Typical symptoms of patient having COVID-19 are fever, runny nose, cough (dry or not) and dyspnea. Several vaccines are available in markets that are tackling current pandemic. Many different strains of SAR-CoV-2 have been evolved with the passage of time. The emergence of VOCs particularly the B.1.351 ("South African") variant of SARS-CoV-2 has been reported to be more resistant than other SARS-CoV-2 strains to the current vaccines. Thus, the current research is focused to design multi-epitope subunit Vaccine (MEV) using structural vaccinology techniques. As a result, the designed MEV exhibit antigenic properties and possess therapeutic features that can trigger an immunological response against COVID-19. Furthermore, validation of the MEV using immune simulation and in silico cloning revealed that the proposed vaccine candidate effectively triggered the immune response. Conclusively, the developed MEV needs further wet lab exploration and could be a viable vaccine to manage and prevent COVID-19.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:140

Enthalten in:

Computers in biology and medicine - 140(2022) vom: 01. Jan., Seite 105122

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Humayun, Fahad [VerfasserIn]
Cai, Yutong [VerfasserIn]
Khan, Abbas [VerfasserIn]
Farhan, Syed Ali [VerfasserIn]
Khan, Fatima [VerfasserIn]
Rana, Usman Ishrat [VerfasserIn]
Qamar, Anum Binte [VerfasserIn]
Fawad, Nasim [VerfasserIn]
Shamas, Shazia [VerfasserIn]
Dongqing-Wei [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Immune simulation
In silico cloning
Journal Article
Multi-epitope subunit vaccine
SARS-CoV-2
Structural vaccinology

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Date Revised 21.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.105122

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM33433375X