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ArticleOpen medicine (Warsaw, Poland)2026

Computational design of a multiepitope vaccine targeting VP1 and VP2 capsid proteins of simian virus 40 (SV40) for enhanced immune activation.

Muhammad Naveed, Muhammad Asim, Tariq Aziz, Sonia Amjad, Muhammad Nouman Majeed, Syed Babar Jamal, Rania Ali El Hadi Mohamed, Maher S Alwethaynani, Fakhria A Al-Joufi, Deema Fallatah and 1 more

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Article in Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors.

Muhammad NaveedDepartment of Biotechnology, University of Central Punjab, Faculty of Science and Technology, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4333-8226
Muhammad AsimDepartment of Biotechnology, University of Central Punjab, Faculty of Science and Technology, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Tariq AzizLaboratory of Animal Health Hygiene and Food Quality University of Ioannina Arta, 47132, Arta, Greece.
Sonia AmjadDepartment of Biotechnology, University of Central Punjab, Faculty of Science and Technology, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Muhammad Nouman MajeedDepartment of Biotechnology, University of Central Punjab, Faculty of Science and Technology, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3200-030X
Syed Babar JamalDepartment of Biological Sciences, National University of Medical Sciences Rawalpindi Pakistan, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6916-7376
Rania Ali El Hadi MohamedDepartment of Biology, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O Box 84428, Riyadh, 11671, Saudi Arabia.
Maher S AlwethaynaniDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Shaqra University, Alquwayiyah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8453-7305
Fakhria A Al-JoufiDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Aljouf, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7223-9788
Deema FallatahDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia.
Shaza N AlkhatibDepartment of Biological Sciences, College of Sciences and Arts Khulais, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to design and evaluate a computationally constructed multiepitope vaccine targeting Simian Virus 40 (SV40) by predicting and selecting immunogenic B-cell and T-cell epitopes derived from the VP1 and VP2 capsid proteins using bioinformatics approaches. Methods: B and T-cell epitopes from VP1 and VP2 were predicted and screened for antigenicity, non-allergenicity, and non-toxicity. Structural modeling and validation were performed using PSIPRED, trRosetta, and a Ramachandran plot. Population coverage was assessed using the IEDB. Molecular docking with TLR3 and TLR5, immune simulations, Results: Molecular docking with human receptors TLR3 and TLR5, revealing strong binding affinities of -1,008.3 kcal/mol and -1,309.2, and further validated using MD simulation analysis. The Conclusions: The designed vaccine demonstrated high immunogenic potential; further

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molecular dockingmolecular dynamics simulationmulti-epitope vaccinesimian virusTLR3

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PMID41852706
PMCPMC12995359

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