NetMHC-3.0: accurate web accessible predictions of human, mouse and monkey MHC class I affinities for peptides of length 8-11

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  • Claus Lundegaard
  • Kasper Lamberth
  • Mikkel Harndahl
  • Buus, Søren
  • Ole Lund
  • Morten Nielsen
NetMHC-3.0 is trained on a large number of quantitative peptide data using both affinity data from the Immune Epitope Database and Analysis Resource (IEDB) and elution data from SYFPEITHI. The method generates high-accuracy predictions of major histocompatibility complex (MHC): peptide binding. The predictions are based on artificial neural networks trained on data from 55 MHC alleles (43 Human and 12 non-human), and position-specific scoring matrices (PSSMs) for additional 67 HLA alleles. As only the MHC class I prediction server is available, predictions are possible for peptides of length 8-11 for all 122 alleles. artificial neural network predictions are given as actual IC(50) values whereas PSSM predictions are given as a log-odds likelihood scores. The output is optionally available as download for easy post-processing. The training method underlying the server is the best available, and has been used to predict possible MHC-binding peptides in a series of pathogen viral proteomes including SARS, Influenza and HIV, resulting in an average of 75-80% confirmed MHC binders. Here, the performance is further validated and benchmarked using a large set of newly published affinity data, non-redundant to the training set. The server is free of use and available at: https://www.cbs.dtu.dk/services/NetMHC.
Original languageEnglish
JournalNucleic Acids Research
Volume36
Issue numberWeb Server issue
Pages (from-to)W509-12
ISSN0305-1048
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008

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Keywords: Alleles; Animals; Epitopes; HLA Antigens; Haplorhini; Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; Humans; Internet; Mice; Peptides; Software

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