Through analysis of potential immunogenic targets of the SARS-Cov2 genome, a synthetic ‘minigene’ was developed using domains of viral structural proteins and a polyprotein protease. Specifically, the COVID-19 infection relies on the binding of the Spike protein to an ACEII receptor, and with the described approach, the vaccine uses these engineered minigenes to express viral proteins, modify artificial antigen presenting cells (aAPC), and activate T-cells.
As of August 2020, this vaccine is being tested for prophylaxis against COVID-19 in human clinical trials.
Fitur visualisasi ini dikembangkan menggunakan pendekatan Graph Theory untuk memetakan hubungan polifarmasi dan molekuler. Entitas (Obat, Target, Gen) direpresentasikan sebagai Simpul (Nodes), sedangkan hubungan biologisnya sebagai Sisi (Edges).
drugbank-id dan name pada skema XML DrugBank.targets/target yang memuat polipeptida sasaran.gene-name dan varian snp-effects.Tata letak grafik menggunakan algoritma Force-Directed Graph (Barnes-Hut). Model fisika ini menerapkan gaya tolak-menolak antar simpul (Gravitasi: -3000) agar tidak tumpang tindih, serta gaya pegas (Spring: 0.04) pada garis penghubung untuk fleksibilitas interaksi.