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Identification and validation of 174 COVID-19 vaccine candidate epitopes reveals low performance of common epitope prediction tools.
Scientific reports - 24 Nov 2020
Prachar Marek, Justesen Sune, Steen-Jensen Daniel Bisgaard, Thorgrimsen Stephan, Jurgons Erik, Winther Ole, Bagger Frederik Otzen
Abstract excerpt
The outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 (2019-nCoV) virus has highlighted the need for fast and efficacious vaccine development. Stimulation of a proper immune response that leads to protection is highly dependent on presentation of epitopes to circulating T-cells via the HLA complex. SARS-CoV-2 is a large RNA virus and testing of all of its overlapping peptides in vitro to deconvolute an immune response is not feasible....
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