Development of peptide vaccines in dengue

Dengue is one of the most important arboviral infection worldwide, infecting up to 390 million people and causing 25,000 deaths annually. Although a licensed dengue vaccine is available, it is not efficacious against dengue serotypes that infect people living in South East Asia, where dengue is an e...

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Main Authors: Reginald, Kavita*, Chan, Yanqi, Plebanski, Magdalena, Poh, Chit Laa *
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author Reginald, Kavita*
Chan, Yanqi
Plebanski, Magdalena
Poh, Chit Laa *
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Chan, Yanqi
Plebanski, Magdalena
Poh, Chit Laa *
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description Dengue is one of the most important arboviral infection worldwide, infecting up to 390 million people and causing 25,000 deaths annually. Although a licensed dengue vaccine is available, it is not efficacious against dengue serotypes that infect people living in South East Asia, where dengue is an endemic disease. Hence, there is an urgent need to develop an efficient dengue vaccine for this region. Data from different clinical trials indicate that a successful dengue vaccine must elicit both neutralizing antibodies and cell mediated immunity. This can be achieved by designing a multi-epitope peptide vaccine comprising B, CD8+ and CD4+ T cell epitopes. As recognition of T cell epitopes are restricted by human leukocyte antigens (HLA), T cell epitopes which are able to recognize several major HLAs will be preferentially included in the vaccine design. While peptide vaccines are safe, biocompatible and cost-effective, it is poorly immunogenic. Strategies to improve its immunogenicity by the use of long peptides, adjuvants and nanoparticle delivery mechanisms are discussed
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spelling sunway-5382019-07-03T08:57:13Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/538/ Development of peptide vaccines in dengue Reginald, Kavita* Chan, Yanqi Plebanski, Magdalena Poh, Chit Laa * QH301 Biology QR355 Virology Dengue is one of the most important arboviral infection worldwide, infecting up to 390 million people and causing 25,000 deaths annually. Although a licensed dengue vaccine is available, it is not efficacious against dengue serotypes that infect people living in South East Asia, where dengue is an endemic disease. Hence, there is an urgent need to develop an efficient dengue vaccine for this region. Data from different clinical trials indicate that a successful dengue vaccine must elicit both neutralizing antibodies and cell mediated immunity. This can be achieved by designing a multi-epitope peptide vaccine comprising B, CD8+ and CD4+ T cell epitopes. As recognition of T cell epitopes are restricted by human leukocyte antigens (HLA), T cell epitopes which are able to recognize several major HLAs will be preferentially included in the vaccine design. While peptide vaccines are safe, biocompatible and cost-effective, it is poorly immunogenic. Strategies to improve its immunogenicity by the use of long peptides, adjuvants and nanoparticle delivery mechanisms are discussed Bentham Science Publishers 2017-09-13 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/538/1/Reginald%20K%20Development%20of%20peptide.pdf Reginald, Kavita* and Chan, Yanqi and Plebanski, Magdalena and Poh, Chit Laa * (2017) Development of peptide vaccines in dengue. Current Pharmaceutical Design. ISSN 1381-6128 10.2174/1381612823666170913163904
spellingShingle QH301 Biology
QR355 Virology
Reginald, Kavita*
Chan, Yanqi
Plebanski, Magdalena
Poh, Chit Laa *
Development of peptide vaccines in dengue
title Development of peptide vaccines in dengue
title_full Development of peptide vaccines in dengue
title_fullStr Development of peptide vaccines in dengue
title_full_unstemmed Development of peptide vaccines in dengue
title_short Development of peptide vaccines in dengue
title_sort development of peptide vaccines in dengue
topic QH301 Biology
QR355 Virology
url http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/538/
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http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/538/1/Reginald%20K%20Development%20of%20peptide.pdf