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

Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2007 Apr;14(4):474-6. doi: 10.1128/CVI.00458-06. Epub 2007 Feb 28.

Abstract

Vaccines with synthetic peptides induce the immune response to epitopes that bind to several HLA 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.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antigens, Fungal / immunology*
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Fungal Proteins / immunology*
  • Glycoproteins / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Paracoccidioides / immunology*
  • Paracoccidioidomycosis / immunology*
  • Paracoccidioidomycosis / microbiology
  • Peptides / immunology*
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology*
  • T-Lymphocytes / microbiology

Substances

  • 43 kDa protein, Paracoccidioides
  • Antigens, Fungal
  • Fungal Proteins
  • Glycoproteins
  • Peptides