PMID- 25136573 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150511 LR - 20221207 IS - 2314-6141 (Electronic) IS - 2314-6133 (Print) VI - 2014 DP - 2014 TI - Designing peptide-based HIV vaccine for Chinese. PG - 272950 LID - 10.1155/2014/272950 [doi] LID - 272950 AB - CD4+ T cells are central to the induction and maintenance of CD8+ T cell and antibody-producing B cell responses, and the latter are essential for the protection against disease in subjects with HIV infection. How to elicit HIV-specific CD4+ T cell responses in a given population using vaccines is one of the major areas of current HIV vaccine research. To design vaccine that targets specifically Chinese, we assembled a database that is comprised of sequences from 821 Chinese HIV isolates and 46 human leukocyte antigen (HLA) DR alleles identified in Chinese population. We then predicted 20 potential HIV epitopes using bioinformatics approaches. The combination of these 20 epitopes has a theoretical coverage of 98.1% of the population for both the prevalent HIV genotypes and also Chinese HLA-DR types. We suggest that testing this vaccine experimentally will facilitate the development of a CD4+ T cell vaccine especially catered for Chinese. FAU - Shu, Jiayi AU - Shu J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3705-3259 AD - Viral Disease and Vaccine Translational Research Unit, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Room 507, Building B, Life Science Research Building, 320 Yueyang Road, Shanghai 200031, China ; Vaccine Centre, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yueyang Road, Shanghai 200031, China. FAU - Fan, Xiaojuan AU - Fan X AD - Bioinformatics Platform, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Room 405, Building B, Life Science Research Building, 320 Yueyang Road, Shanghai 200031, China. FAU - Ping, Jie AU - Ping J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9907-5819 AD - Bioinformatics Platform, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Room 405, Building B, Life Science Research Building, 320 Yueyang Road, Shanghai 200031, China. FAU - Jin, Xia AU - Jin X AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4185-1966 AD - Viral Disease and Vaccine Translational Research Unit, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Room 507, Building B, Life Science Research Building, 320 Yueyang Road, Shanghai 200031, China ; Vaccine Centre, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yueyang Road, Shanghai 200031, China. FAU - Hao, Pei AU - Hao P AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1498-7059 AD - Bioinformatics Platform, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Room 405, Building B, Life Science Research Building, 320 Yueyang Road, Shanghai 200031, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140706 PL - United States TA - Biomed Res Int JT - BioMed research international JID - 101600173 RN - 0 (AIDS Vaccines) RN - 0 (HLA-DR Antigens) RN - 0 (Peptides) SB - IM MH - *AIDS Vaccines/genetics/immunology MH - *Alleles MH - *Asian People MH - China MH - Drug Design MH - Female MH - *Gene Frequency/genetics/immunology MH - *HLA-DR Antigens/genetics/immunology MH - Humans MH - Male MH - *Peptides/genetics/immunology PMC - PMC4106118 EDAT- 2014/08/20 06:00 MHDA- 2015/05/12 06:00 PMCR- 2014/07/06 CRDT- 2014/08/20 06:00 PHST- 2014/04/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/06/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/08/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/08/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/05/12 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/07/06 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1155/2014/272950 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biomed Res Int. 2014;2014:272950. doi: 10.1155/2014/272950. Epub 2014 Jul 6.