Research Article

Immunoinformatics Approach to Design a Chimeric CD70-Peptide Vaccine against Renal Cell Carcinoma

Table 4

Final selected HTL epitopes from CD70 protein for constructing multiepitope vaccine with their corresponding MHC Class II alleles and immunogenic traits.

Protein namePositionEpitope sequenceNo. of allelsAllelsNetMHCIIpan average rank scoresAllergenicityAntigenicityToxicityIFN-γ –induction

CD70 (Homo sapiens)54–72GWDVAELQLNHTGPQQDPR6DRB4_0101
DRB1_1302
DRB3_0202
DRB1_0401
DRB1_0802
HLA-DQA10301-DQB10302
2.71Nonallergen1.0262NonInducer
69–84QDPRLYWQGGPALGRS6DRB1_0101
DRB1_0901
DRB1_1501
HLA-DQA10501-DQB10201
HLA-DQA10501-DQB10301
DRB1_1601
2.45Nonallergen0.5512NonInducer

Lower rates show better binding affinity. Higher rate shows high degree of peptide antigenicity.