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. 2020 Jun 21;16(23):1767–1791. doi: 10.2217/fon-2020-0224

Table 1. . Advantages of B-& T-Cell Epitopes and Peptide Therapeutics.

As peptide vaccines As peptide therapeutics/T-cell vaccines
Safe, nontoxic, highly stable, cost effective Safe and viable therapeutic goal
Easily manufactured/synthesized/characterized Effective blocking signaling pathways
Epitopes are easily identified and predicted High affinity, selectivity and potency
Break tumor tolerance Retro-inverso D-amino acid peptides are stable
No oncogenic material included and minimal toxicity Reduces off-target side effects
Administered by simple routes s.c, im injections Large number of peptide-based drugs being marketed
Multi-epitope approach leads to broad antigen recognition and universal coverage No accumulation in specific organs such as kidney and liver minimizing side-effects
High affinity, high specificity, strong potency and improved safety profiles Increased bioavailability in vivo
Booster vaccinations Water soluble, non-immunogenic, low cost production, enhanced shelf life and to easily cross tissue barriers
Elicits B and T cell memory responses MHC class I & II T cell epitopes easily identified
Sustainable production of antibodies in vivo Induction of effective CD8 or CD4 T cell responses in vivo by targeting immune checkpoint blockade
Clinical grade peptides easily synthesized for rapid translation into Phase I/II clinical trials Easy monitoring of T cell responses