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- noun Plural form of
epitope .
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In a career that spanned more than 50 years and saw more than 600 publications, Sercarz's medical research focused on the need to understand the nature of "epitopes" - protein fragments that are targeted by the body's immune system.
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It's still all theory, but UC Davis researchers think that the reason senior citizens over age 65 aren't catching the H1N1 flu at least for now is that specific shared molecular sites called epitopes result in some type of immunity to the novel flu.
Scientists research why senior citizens appear to be more immune to H1N1 flu virus 2009
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It's still all theory, but UC Davis researchers think that the reason senior citizens over age 65 aren't catching the H1N1 flu at least for now is that specific shared molecular sites called epitopes result in some type of immunity to the novel flu.
Why researchers think folks over age 65 may not catch H1N1 novel flu 2009
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These proteins had elements referred to as epitopes, which in this case prepared the body to recognise real HIV, it said.
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These regions, called epitopes, are then exposed for antibody binding which make them ideal targets for developing vaccines.
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Cardona and colleague Zheng Xing analyzed data from prior studies of the H1N1 virus, looking at short stretches of proteins known as epitopes found in regions of the virus that are less likely to change from strain to strain.
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HLA genes encode molecules that display fragments of viral proteins, known as epitopes, on the surface of infected cells.
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The investigators looked at molecular structures known to be recognized by the immune system-called epitopes-on 2009 H1N1 influenza and seasonal H1N1 viruses.
innovations-report 2009
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Pathogenic myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibodies recognize glycosylated epitopes and perturb oligodendrocyte physiology.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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Pathogenic myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibodies recognize glycosylated epitopes and perturb oligodendrocyte physiology.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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