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

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Moutaftsi, Magdalini
Peters, Bjoern
Pasquetto, Valerie
Tscharke, David
Sidney, John
Bui, Huynh-Hoa
Grey, Howard
Sette, Alessandro

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The value of predictive algorithms for identifying CD8+ T (TCD8+)-cell epitopes has not been adequately tested experimentally. Here we demonstrate that conventional bioinformatic methods predict the vast majority of TCD8+-cell epitopes derived from vaccinia virus WR strain (VACV-WR) in the H-2b 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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Nature Biotechnology

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2037-12-31