Lack of molecular mimicry between HPV vaccine L1 antigen and human proteins by a computational analysis
Our current in silico analysis provided no evidence that HPV vaccinations could induce cross-reactive autoantibodies. The flawed molecular mimicry data should not be used as a scientific basis for alleged HPV vaccine-induced adverse events.
Authors
- I Tsunoda
- Reona Shiro
- Kazuhiro Nishioka
- Kentaro Sekiyama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3770-7099)
- Noriomi Matsumura
Institutions
- Kindai University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Clinical Oncology
- Published
- 2026-01-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10147-026-02961-z
- Primary Topic
- vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Kindai University
- Kanazawa University