BIITE: A Tool to Determine HLA Class II Epitopes from T Cell ELISpot Data
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Abstract
Activation of CD4+ T cells requires the recognition of peptides that are presented by HLA class II molecules and can be assessed experimentally using the ELISpot assay. However, even given an individual’s HLA class II genotype, identifying which class II molecule is responsible for a positive ELISpot response to a given peptide is not trivial. The two main difficulties are the number of HLA class II molecules that can potentially be formed in a single individual (3–14) and the lack of clear peptide binding motifs for class II molecules. Here, we present a Bayesian framework to interpret ELISpot data (BIITE: Bayesian Immunogenicity Inference Tool for ELISpot); specifically BIITE identifies which HLA-II:peptide combination(s) are immunogenic based on cohort ELISpot data. We apply BIITE to two ELISpot datasets and explore the expected performance using simulations. We show this method can reach high accuracies, depending on the cohort size and the success rate of the ELISpot assay within the cohort.
Date Issued
2016-03-08
Date Acceptance
2016-02-08
Citation
PLOS Computational Biology, 2016, 12 (3)
ISSN
1553-734X
Publisher
Public Library of Science
Journal / Book Title
PLOS Computational Biology
Volume
12
Issue
3
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Welton Foundation
National Institutes of Health
Commission of the European Communities
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust- BRC Funding
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Wellcome Trust
Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research "Beating Blood Cancers"
Grant Number
N/A
HHSN272200900046C
317040
RDF01 79560
MR/J007439/1
103865/Z/14/Z
15012
Subjects
Bioinformatics
06 Biological Sciences
08 Information And Computing Sciences
01 Mathematical Sciences
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
e1004796