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Yet conventional crAb discovery primarily relies on hybridoma technology and phage display which are time-consuming and labor-intensive.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Here, we present an integrative computational pipeline that leverages conformational epitope prediction and epitope immunogenic similarity analysis to compute cross-reactive epitopes, so as to prioritize potential crAbs undisclosed before.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Taking coronavirus as an example, we demonstrate that this pipeline successfully predicted candidate crAbs for five coronavirus antigens, including SARS-CoV-2 variants (WT, Beta, Omicron B.1, XBB.1.5) and one SARS-CoV variant. Out of Top20 predicted candidates, 45% were validated in CoV-AbDab as cross-reactive across coronavirus variants, including experimentally confirmed crAbs such as P17 (IC\n                      <jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub>\n                      = 0.165 ng\/mL against SARS-CoV-2 WT), BG7-15 (IC\n                      <jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub>\n                      = 16 ng\/mL against SARS-CoV-2 WT), and Beta-54 (IC\n                      <jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub>\n                      = 1 ng\/mL against Gamma variant).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Though in pilot-study, this pipeline might serve as a scalable and efficient strategy for rapidly prioritizing potential crAbs in research of infectious disease.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fcimb.2026.1692727","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,9]],"date-time":"2026-02-09T07:29:13Z","timestamp":1770622153000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["A computational pipeline to discover potential cross-reactive antibodies: a case study on coronavirus"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Li","family":"Ye","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University","place":["Shanghai, China"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mengdie","family":"Hu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Life Sciences, Fudan University","place":["Shanghai, China"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yuan","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University","place":["Shanghai, China"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zihao","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Life Sciences, Fudan University","place":["Shanghai, China"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yewei","family":"Cun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Life Sciences, Fudan University","place":["Shanghai, China"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kailin","family":"Tang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University","place":["Shanghai, China"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zhiwei","family":"Cao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University","place":["Shanghai, China"]},{"name":"School of Life Sciences, Fudan University","place":["Shanghai, China"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"493","DOI":"10.1038\/s41586-024-07487-w","article-title":"Accurate structure prediction of biomolecular interactions with AlphaFold3","volume":"630","author":"Abramson","year":"2024","journal-title":"Nature."},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"13","DOI":"10.1186\/s12967-022-03864-z","article-title":"In-silico design and evaluation of an epitope-based serotype-independent promising vaccine candidate for highly cross-reactive regions of pneumococcal surface protein A","volume":"21","author":"Afshari","year":"2023","journal-title":"J. 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