The Evaluation of the Efficacy of a Novel Subunit Vaccine in the Prevention of <i>Cryptosporidium parvum</i>-Caused Diarrhoea in Neonatal Calves by Martine Reijnders, Mark van Roosmalen, Hans Holtslag, Susan Arts, Suzanne Pel, Divine Dufé, Marianne Kaashoek, Geert Vertenten, Tine van Werven, Steven Sietsma, Christophe Roy, Nicolas Herman

“…A recent discovery of a glycopeptide epitope on the <i>Cryptosporidium</i> parasite recognized by a monoclonal antibody has led to the development of a new vaccine. …”
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Serum Matrix Metalloproteinase-3 in Comparison with Acute Phase Proteins as a Marker of Disease Activity and Radiographic Damage in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis by Mahmood M. T. M. Ally, Bridget Hodkinson, Pieter W. A. Meyer, Eustasius Musenge, Mohammed Tikly, Ronald Anderson

“…MMP-3 was measured by ELISA in serum samples of 128 disease-modifying, drug-naïve patients and analysed in relation to shared epitope genotype, a range of circulating chemokines/cytokines, acute phase reactants, autoantibodies, cartilage oligomeric protein (COMP), and the simplified disease activity index (SDAI). …”
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Design of a humanized CD40 agonist antibody with specific properties using AlphaFold2 and development of an anti-PD-L1/CD40 bispecific antibody for cancer immunotherapy by Kun Du, He Huang

“…It also demonstrates that the current AlphaFold2(AlphaFold2-Multimer) can predict antibody-antigen complexes. Due to the unique epitope, it demonstrates superior activation compared to APX005M (S267E). …”
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M cells targeted H. pylori antigen SAM-FAdE displayed on bacterium-like particles induce protective immunity by Furui Zhang, Jiale Chen, Zhen Zhang, Jing Wu, Yuliang Qu, Linhan Ni, Guolin Zhang, Kunmei Liu, Le Guo

“…Methods and results In this study, we used bacteria-like particles (BLPs) obtained by treating Lactic acid bacteria (L. lactis) with hot acid, and successfully displayed the M cell-targeted H. pylori multi-epitope purified antigen SAM-FAdE, with 90% display efficiency. …”
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Towards a Vaccine Against Rheumatic Fever by L. Guilherme, K. C. Faé, F. Higa, L. Chaves, S. E. Oshiro, S. Freschi de Barros, C. Puschel, M. A. Juliano, A. C. Tanaka, G. Spina, J. Kalil

“…We identified T and B cell epitopes with 22 and 25 amino acid residues, respectively. …”
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Detection and Phylogenetic Analysis of an Exotic Strain of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus and Its Effect on an Affected Herd Immunized Against the Endemic Strain in Thailand by Christopher James Stott, Patumporn Jermsutjarit, Pornchai Pornpanom, Hongyao Lin, Angkana Tantituvanont, Dachrit Nilubol

“…A unique insertion in the protein structure of the novel <b>G2b</b> strain led to the identification of a new epitope and potential changes in viral properties. …”
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Candidate vaccine construction against tick-born encephalitis based on hybrid recombinant flagG-protE-protein by P. A. Belavin, D. A. Kunyk, E. V. Protopopova, V. B. Loktev, E. V. Deineko

“…In the study of the recombinant protein flagG­protE by the ability to bind a panel of 8 MCA, only five of them react with epitopes of the tested protein. MCA 4F6, 7F10, and 6B9 did not recognize the corresponding epitope in the recombinant flagG­protE protein, while in the recombinant protein protE, these epitopes were detected successfully. …”
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A Novel Liposome Formulation Carrying Both an Insulin Peptide and a Ligand for Invariant Natural Killer T Cells Induces Accumulation of Regulatory T Cells to Islets in Nonobese Dia... by Hidetoshi Akimoto, Emi Fukuda-Kawaguchi, Omar Duramad, Yasuyuki Ishii, Kazunari Tanabe

“…Herein, we report that RGI-3100-iB, a novel liposomal formulation carrying both α-galactosylceramide (α-GalCer), which is a representative ligand for invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells, and insulin B chain 9–23 peptide, which is an epitope for CD4+ T cells, could induce the accumulation of regulatory T cells (Tregs) in islets in a peptide-dependent manner, followed by the remarkable prevention of diabetes onset in nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice. …”
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Structural analysis of light chain-driven bispecific antibodies targeting CD47 and PD-L1 by Pauline Malinge, Xavier Chauchet, Jérémie Bourguignon, Nicolas Bosson, Sébastien Calloud, Tereza Bautzova, Marie Borlet, Mette Laursen, Vinardas Kelpsas, Nadia Rose, Franck Gueneau, Ulla Ravn, Giovanni Magistrelli, Nicolas Fischer

“…To better understand epitope-paratope interactions in this context, we determined the X-ray crystallographic structures of an antigen binding fragment (Fab) in complex with human CD47 and another Fab in complex with human PD-L1. …”
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Passive infusion of an S2-Stem broadly neutralizing antibody protects against SARS-CoV-2 infection and lower airway inflammation in rhesus macaques. by Christopher T Edwards, Kirti A Karunakaran, Elijah Garcia, Nathan Beutler, Matthew Gagne, Nadia Golden, Hadj Aoued, Kathryn L Pellegrini, Matthew R Burnett, Christopher Cole Honeycutt, Stacey A Lapp, Thang Ton, Mark C Lin, Amanda Metz, Andrei Bombin, Kelly Goff, Sarah E Scheuermann, Amelia Wilkes, Jennifer S Wood, Stephanie Ehnert, Stacey Weissman, Elizabeth H Curran, Melissa Roy, Evan Dessasau, Mirko Paiardini, Amit A Upadhyay, Ian N Moore, Nicholas J Maness, Daniel C Douek, Anne Piantadosi, Raiees Andrabi, Thomas R Rogers, Dennis R Burton, Steven E Bosinger

“…Viral genome sequencing demonstrated a lack of escape mutations in the CC40.8 epitope. Collectively, these data demonstrate the protective efficiency of broadly neutralizing S2-targeting antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 infection within the lower airway while providing critical preclinical work necessary for the development of pan-β-CoV vaccines.…”
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Comparison of HER2-Targeted Antibodies for Fluorescence-Guided Surgery in Breast Cancer by Solmaz AghaAmiri, Jo Simien, Alastair M. Thompson, Julie Voss, Sukhen C. Ghosh, Servando Hernandez Vargas, Sarah Kim, Ali Azhdarinia, Hop S. Tran Cao

“…We showed for the first time that fluorescent trastuzumab and pertuzumab immunoconjugates have similar NIRF imaging performance and demonstrated the possibility of performing HER2-targeted FGS with agents that possess distinct epitope specificity.…”
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Discovery and development of ANV419, an IL-2/anti-IL-2 antibody fusion protein with potent CD8+ T and natural killer cell-stimulating capacity for cancer immunotherapy by Patrizia Murer, Barbara Brannetti, Jean-Michel Rondeau, Laetitia Petersen, Nicole Egli, Simone Popp, Catherine Regnier, Kirsten Richter, Andreas Katopodis, Christoph Huber

“…The fusion protein has an IL-2 connected to the light chain complementarity-determining region (CDR) domain of a humanized antibody that binds to IL-2 at the same epitope as IL-2 Rα. Optimization of the selectivity and pharmacological properties led to the selection of ANV419. …”
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Postnatal expression of Cat-315-positive perineuronal nets in the SAMP10 mouse primary somatosensory cortex by Hiroshi Ueno, Yu Takahashi, Sachiko Mori, Eriko Kitano, Shinji Murakami, Kenta Wani, Yosuke Matsumoto, Motoi Okamoto, Takeshi Ishihara

“…This study revealed that the expression of the Cat-315 epitope was decreased in the primary somatosensory cortex of SAMP10 mice during postnatal development. …”
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Antibody Avidity and Neutralizing Response against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant after Infection or Vaccination by Francesca Dapporto, Serena Marchi, Margherita Leonardi, Pietro Piu, Piero Lovreglio, Nicola Decaro, Nicola Buonvino, Angela Stufano, Eleonora Lorusso, Emilio Bombardieri, Antonella Ruello, Simonetta Viviani, Eleonora Molesti, Claudia Maria Trombetta, Alessandro Manenti, Emanuele Montomoli

“…Avidity is the strength of binding between an antibody and its specific epitope. The SARS-CoV-2 spike protein binds to its cellular receptor with high affinity and is the primary target of neutralizing antibodies. …”
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A bioinformatics approach for identifying the probable cause of the cross-interaction of antibodies to the antigenic protein HPV16 L1 with the HPV6 L1 protein by A. S. Stolbikov, R. K. Salyaev, N. I. Rekoslavskaya

“…The analysis of probable linear epitopes for T-cells has revealed a common antigenic determinant in the two protein sequences. …”
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The Peptide Vaccine Combined with Prior Immunization of a Conventional Diphtheria-Tetanus Toxoid Vaccine Induced Amyloid β Binding Antibodies on Cynomolgus Monkeys and Guinea Pigs by Akira Yano, Kaori Ito, Yoshikatsu Miwa, Yoshito Kanazawa, Akiko Chiba, Yutaka Iigo, Yoshinori Kashimoto, Akira Kanda, Shinji Murata, Mitsuhiro Makino

“…We previously reported that the Aβ peptide vaccine including the T-cell epitope of diphtheria-tetanus combined toxoid (DT) induced anti-Aβ antibodies, and the prior immunization with conventional DT vaccine enhanced the immunogenicity of the peptide. …”
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Human adenovirus species B knob proteins as immunogens for inducing cross-neutralizing antibody responses by Zhenwei Liu, Yuting Xian, Jixian Lan, Zhichao Zhou, Xiao Li, Rong Zhou, Dehui Chen, Xingui Tian

“…In our previous study, we identified a cross-neutralizing epitope that induced broadly reactive monoclonal neutralizing antibodies against the knob proteins of HAdV types 7, 11, 14, and 55. …”
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Chemical cross‐linking facilitates antigen uptake and presentation and provides improved protection from Mpox with a dual‐antigen subunit vaccine by Long Chen, Chao Shang, Zihao Wang, Mengzhu Zheng, Cuiling Zhang, Dapeng Li, Zhanqun Yang, Yuchao Dong, Yuru Xu, Yunsheng Yuan, Shiyong Fan, Wu Zhong, Jian Lin, Xiao Li

“…The chemically cross‐linked antigen proteins presented significantly enhanced uptake and epitope presentation by APC. We applied this strategy to monkeypox virus antigens A29L and A35R to construct dual‐antigen subunit vaccines. …”
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PfCSP-ferritin nanoparticle malaria vaccine antigen formulated with aluminum-salt and CpG 1018® adjuvants: Preformulation characterization, antigen-adjuvant interactions, and mouse... by John M. Hickey, Nitya Sharma, Max Fairlamb, Jennifer Doering, Yetunde Adewunmi, Katherine Prieto, Giulia Costa, Benjamin Wizel, Elena A. Levashina, Nicholas J. Mantis, Jean-Philippe Julien, Sangeeta B. Joshi, David B. Volkin

“…In addition, two N-linked glycans were engineered to mitigate possible anti-apoferritin immune responses, and a universal T-cell epitope was included to further enhance immunogenicity. …”
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Nonclinical immunogenicity risk assessment for knobs-into-holes bispecific IgG1 antibodies by Wen-Ting K. Tsai, Yinyin Li, Zhaojun Yin, Peter Tran, Qui Phung, Zhenru Zhou, Kun Peng, Dan Qin, Sien Tam, Christoph Spiess, Jochen Brumm, Manda Wong, Zhengmao Ye, Patrick Wu, Sivan Cohen, Paul J. Carter

“…Assay methods used include dendritic cell internalization, T cell proliferation, and T cell epitope identification by in silico prediction and MHC-associated peptide proteomics. …”
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