Identifying epitopes, or the segments of a protein that bind to antibodies, is critical for the development of a variety of immunotherapeutics and diagnostics. In vaccine design, the intent is to identify the minimal epitope of an antigen that can el...
Several computational methods have been developed to identify neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) covering four dengue virus serotypes (DENV-1 to DENV-4); however, limitations of the dataset and the resulting performance remain. Here, we developed a new c...
Vaccine development stands as a cornerstone of public health efforts, pivotal in curbing infectious diseases and reducing global morbidity and mortality. However, traditional vaccine development methods are often time-consuming, costly, and inefficie...
The ability to predict HIV-1 resistance to broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) will increase bnAb therapeutic benefits. Machine learning is a powerful approach for such prediction. One challenge is that some HIV-1 subtypes in currently available ...
BACKGROUND: Vaccines development in this millennium started by the milestone work on Neisseria meningitidis B, reporting the invention of Reverse Vaccinology (RV), which allows to identify vaccine candidates (VCs) by screening bacterial pathogens gen...
International journal of antimicrobial agents
39486466
OBJECTIVES: Skin injuries and infections are an inevitable part of daily human life, particularly with chronic wounds, becoming an increasing socioeconomic burden. In treating skin infections and promoting wound healing, bioactive peptides may hold s...
Journal of chemical information and modeling
39967508
Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a critical cytokine involved in immune regulation, inflammation, and the pathogenesis of various diseases, including autoimmune disorders, cancer, and the cytokine storm associated with severe COVID-19. Identifying IL-6 induci...
Most antibodies for treating COVID-19 rely on binding the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2). However, Omicron and its sub-lineages, as well as other heavily mutated variants, have rendered m...
The design of proteins capable effectively binding to specific protein targets is crucial for developing therapies, diagnostics, and vaccine candidates for viral infections. Here, we introduce a complementarity-determining region (CDR) grafting appro...
Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP
40183939
The high doses of bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) cause undesired side effects in skeletal tissue regeneration. An alternative approach is to use the bioactive knuckle epitope domain of BMP-2 (BMP2-KEP) with an open-arm structure as part of the pr...