A consensus epitope prediction approach identifies the breadth of murine T(CD8+)-cell responses to vaccinia virus - PubMed (original) (raw)

doi: 10.1038/nbt1215. Epub 2006 Jun 11.

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A consensus epitope prediction approach identifies the breadth of murine T(CD8+)-cell responses to vaccinia virus

Magdalini Moutaftsi et al. Nat Biotechnol. 2006 Jul.

Abstract

The value of predictive algorithms for identifying CD8+ T (T(CD8+))-cell epitopes has not been adequately tested experimentally. Here we demonstrate that conventional bioinformatic methods predict the vast majority of T(CD8+)-cell epitopes derived from vaccinia virus WR strain (VACV-WR) in the H-2(b) mouse model. This approach reveals the breadth of T-cell responses to vaccinia, a widely studied murine viral infection model, and may provide a tool for developing comprehensive antigenic maps of any complex pathogen.

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