Artificial intelligence methods for predicting T-cell epitopes

Methods Mol Biol. 2007:409:217-25. doi: 10.1007/978-1-60327-118-9_15.

Abstract

Identifying epitopes that elicit a major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-restricted T-cell response is critical for designing vaccines for infectious diseases and cancers. We have applied two artificial intelligence approaches to build models for predicting T-cell epitopes. We developed a support vector machine to predict T-cell epitopes for an MHC class I-restricted T-cell clone (TCC) using synthesized peptide data. For predicting T-cell epitopes for an MHC class II-restricted TCC, we built a shift model that integrated MHC-binding data and data from T-cell proliferation assay against a combinatorial library of peptide mixtures.

MeSH terms

  • Artificial Intelligence*
  • Computational Biology
  • Computer Simulation
  • Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte* / chemistry
  • Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte* / metabolism
  • Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Immunogenetics
  • Peptide Library
  • Protein Binding

Substances

  • Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte
  • Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
  • Peptide Library