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In silico epitope prediction of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato antigens for the detection of specific antibodies
Abstract
Despite many years of research, serodiagnosis of Lyme disease still faces many obstacles. Difficulties arise mainly due to the low degree of amino acid sequence conservation of the most immunogenic antigens among B. burgdorferi s.l. genospecies, as well as differences in protein production depending on the environment in which the spirochete is located. Mapping B-cell epitopes located on antigens allows for a better understanding of antibody-pathogen interactions which is essential for the development of new and more effective diagnostic tools. In this study, in silico B-cell epitope mapping was performed to determine the theoretical diagnostic potential of selected B. burgdorferi s.l. proteins (BB0108, BB0126, BB0298, BB0689, BB0323, FliL, PstS, SecD, EF-Tu). Bioinformatics software predicted 35 conserved linear and 31 conformational epitopes with the degree of identity among B. burgdorferi s.l. of at least 85%, which may prove to be useful in the development of a new tool for the diagnosis of Lyme disease.
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- Category:
- Articles
- Type:
- artykuły w czasopismach
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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGICAL METHODS
no. 524,
ISSN: 0022-1759 - Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2024
- Bibliographic description:
- Grąźlewska W., Sołowińska K., Holec-Gąsior L.: In silico epitope prediction of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato antigens for the detection of specific antibodies// JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGICAL METHODS -,iss. 524 (2024), s.113596-
- DOI:
- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1016/j.jim.2023.113596
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- Free publication
- Verified by:
- Gdańsk University of Technology
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