T-cell recognition of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis gp43-derived peptides in patients with paracoccidioidomycosis and healthy individuals

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作者
Iwai, Leo Kei
Yoshida, Marcia
Sadahiro, Aya
da Silva, Washington Robert
Marin, Maria Lucia
Goldberg, Anna Carla
Juliano, Maria Aparecida
Juliano, Luiz
Shikanai-Yasuda, Maria Aparecida
Kalil, Jorge
Cunha-Neto, Edecio
Travassos, Luiz R.
机构
[1] Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Disciplina Biol Celular, Dept Microbiol Imunol & Parasitol, BR-04023062 Sao Paulo, Brazil
[2] Millennium Inst, Immunol Lab, Inst Heart, INCOR, Sao Paulo, Brazil
[3] Millennium Inst, Div Clin Immunol & Allergy, Sao Paulo, Brazil
[4] Millennium Inst, Inst Invest Immunol, Sao Paulo, Brazil
[5] Univ Sao Paulo, Sch Med, Div Infect & Parasit Dis, Sao Paulo, Brazil
[6] Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Biophys, BR-04023062 Sao Paulo, Brazil
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10.1128/CVI.00458-06
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
Vaccines with synthetic peptides induce the immune response to epitopes that bind to several RLA alleles. By using a TEPITOPE algorithm, we selected and analyzed the T-cell responses of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from 29 paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) patients to peptides of the immunodominant gp43 antigen of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, the causative agent of PCM.
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