Background and Objectives Cholera is a life-threatening diarrhea caused mainly by Gram-negative marine habitant Vibrio cholerae serogroup O1. Cholera vaccination is limited mainly to developed countries, due to the cumbersome and expensive task of vaccine production. In the present work, the aim was to study the immunogenicity of the synthetic mimotopes through two different routes of injection...

The immune response against six synthetic peptides corresponding to various segments of the B subunit of cholera toxin was evaluated. Conjugates in which the peptides were covalently linked to tetanus toxoid served for immunization of rabbits. As previously reported, four of these conjugates elicited antibodies cross-reactive with intact cholera toxin. We report here that antisera against two o...

Dengue virus (DENV) is a major public health threat worldwide. A key element in protection from dengue fever is the neutralising antibody response. Anti-dengue IgG purified from DENV-2 infected human sera showed reactivity against several peptides when evaluated by ELISA and epitope extraction techniques. A multi-step computational approach predicted six antigenic regions within the E protein o...

This study presents a rational design approach to discovery synthetic peptide vaccine candidates from endogenous proteins for chronic non-infectious diseases immunological therapeutics. The approach described the screening of key antigenic amino acid residues of the interleukine-13, which is up-regulated expression in asthma, followed by the development of immunological helper epitope peptides ...

Short viral antigens bound to human major histocompatibility complex (HLA) class I molecules are presented on infected cells. Vaccine development frequently relies on synthetic peptides to identify optimal HLA class I ligands. However, when natural peptides are analyzed, more complex mixtures are found. By immunoproteomics analysis, we identify in this study a physiologically processed HLA liga...

Chlamydia trachomatis serovars A, B, and C are the causative agents of trachoma, the world's leading cause of preventable blindness. Immunoprophylaxis is a possible approach to control trachoma. The chlamydial major outer membrane protein (MOMP) is thought to play an important role in the development of protective immunity against chlamydial infection, and is therefore considered to be a promis...

Background. The effectiveness of cancer neoantigen peptide vaccines depends on the presence an adjuvant in their composition. Poly(I:C), a TRL-3 agonist, is used as mouse models vaccines, but has limitations for use humans. Therefore, search new effective adjuvants inclusion composition vaccine relevant. Ridostin Pro domestic drug that contains natural complex sodium salts double-chiral and sin...