Evaluation of calpain T-cell epitopes as vaccine candidates against experimental Leishmania major infection: a pilot study

Parasitol Res. 2022 Nov;121(11):3275-3285. doi: 10.1007/s00436-022-07657-7. Epub 2022 Sep 14.

Authors

Reham Brakat¹, Amal Mahmoud², Eman Abd El Gayed¹, Shaimaa Soliman¹, Shaimaa Sharaf-El-Deen³

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shibin El Kom, Egypt.
² Department of Biology, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia.
³ Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shibin El Kom, Egypt. shaymaa.sharafeldeen@med.menofia.edu.eg.

No abstract available

Keywords: Calpain; Leishmania major; Memory cells; T-Cell epitope; Vaccine.

MeSH terms

Calpain
Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte
Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte
Humans
Leishmania major*
Leishmaniasis* / prevention & control
Pilot Projects
Vaccines*

Substances

Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte
Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte
Vaccines
Calpain