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Progress being made toward developing cytomegalovirus peptide vaccine.

Vaccine Weekly

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2004 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Progress is being made toward developing a cytomegalovirus peptide vaccine.

"Cytomegalovirus disease still remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation recipients. The cell-mediated immune response is essential in the maintenance of latency and the resolution of primary infections. The identification of immunodominant cytomegalovirus antigens has enabled researchers to determine the best candidate antigens to be included in a cytomegalovirus vaccine. Such a vaccine would have to stimulate both a cell-mediated and humoral immune response," scientists in England report.

"Recent advances have enabled the rapid identification of minimal cytotoxic epitopes required to trigger such responses," said S. J. Paston and colleagues at the Royal Free and University College Medical School. "Epitope mapping to date has mainly focused on the pp65 antigen but other antigens such as IE1 are starting to be mapped. A human leukocyte antigen allele hierarchy is starting to emerge that is dependent on the ...

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