MMVdb

MMVdb integrates vaccinomics and RNA-based therapeutic data for seven human-pathogenic mammarenavirus species to support identification of protein-specific epitopes, antigenic and physiochemical properties, and efficacious RNA molecules for viral hemorrhagic fever research.


Key Features:

  • Integration of Multi-Omics Data: Consolidates vaccinomics and immune-omics information for seven human-pathogenic mammarenavirus species.
  • Epitope Mapping and Vaccine Design: Employs immune-omics algorithms to map protein-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte, B lymphocyte, helper T-cell, and interferon-inducing epitopes to guide multi-epitope subunit vaccine design.
  • Physiochemical and Antigenic Property Analysis: Analyzes physiochemical and antigenic properties of viral proteins relevant to vaccine and therapeutic development.
  • RNA-Based Therapeutics Identification: Conducts genome-based analyses to identify and classify small interfering RNA (siRNA), microRNA, and single guide RNA (sgRNA) candidates based on predicted efficacy.
  • Datasets and Vaccine Designs: Provides datasets and multi-epitope vaccine designs for computational and experimental research on mammarenaviruses.

Scientific Applications:

  • Vaccine Development: Supports design and evaluation of protein-specific multi-epitope subunit vaccines targeting mammarenaviruses.
  • RNA Therapeutic Discovery: Enables discovery and prioritization of siRNA, microRNA, and sgRNA candidates against mammarenavirus genomes.
  • Antigenicity and Immunogenicity Studies: Facilitates analysis of antigenic landscapes and physiochemical determinants of immunogenic viral proteins.

Methodology:

Applies immune-omics algorithms to map cytotoxic T lymphocyte, B lymphocyte, helper T‑cell, and interferon-inducing epitopes; performs genome-based analyses to identify and classify siRNA, microRNA, and sgRNA by predicted efficacy; and analyzes physiochemical and antigenic properties, integrating vaccinomics and multi-omics data.

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Details

Cost:
Free of charge
Tool Type:
web application
Operating Systems:
Mac, Linux, Windows
Added:
4/19/2022
Last Updated:
4/19/2022

Operations

Data Inputs & Outputs

DNA vaccine design

Outputs

    Publications

    Khan T, Khan A, Wei D. MMV-db: vaccinomics and RNA-based therapeutics database for infectious hemorrhagic fever-causing mammarenaviruses. Database. 2021;2021. doi:10.1093/database/baab063. PMID:34679165. PMCID:PMC8533362.

    PMID: 34679165
    PMCID: PMC8533362
    Funding: - National Natural Science Foundation of China: 32070662, 61832019, 32030063 - Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality: 19430750600 - Medical and Engineering and Scientific Research at Shanghai Jiao Tong University: YG2021ZD02