Immunoinformatics Protocol to Design Multi-Epitope Subunit Vaccines

• Published in: Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) Vol. 2673; p. 357
• Main Authors: Kalita, Parismita, Padhi, Aditya K, Tripathi, Timir
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 2023
• Subjects: Computational Biology - methods; Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte; Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte; Molecular Docking Simulation; Peptides; Vaccines, Subunit; Subunit vaccine; In silico vaccine design; Adjuvants; Docking; Epitopes; Molecular dynamics simulation; Immunoinformatics
• ISSN: 1940-6029
• DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3239-0_25

With the development of scientific technologies, the accessibility of genomic data, computational tools, software, databases, and machine learning, the field of immunoinformatics has emerged as an effective technique for immunologists to design potential vaccines in a short time. A large number of tools and databases are available to screen the genome sequences of parasites/pathogens and identify the highly immunogenic peptides or epitopes that can be used to design effective vaccines. In this chapter, we provide an easy-to-use protocol for the design of multi-epitope-based subunit vaccines. Though the computational immunoinformatics-based approaches have demonstrated their competency in designing potentially effective vaccine candidates quickly, their immunogenicity and safety must be evaluated in laboratory settings before they are tested in clinical trials.