Table 2 The Top 5 candidate human HLA class II T cell potentially cross-reactive epitope pairs between SARS-CoV-2 and aero-and food-allergens based on pair combined score and application of additional clinical and conservation related criteria (see Fig. 1) (pipeline 1) Pcs = pair combined score.

From: Homologies between SARS-CoV-2 and allergen proteins may direct T cell-mediated heterologous immune responses

MHC II

 

Top 30 pair combined score

Candidate

Allergen epitope

Protein family

Viral epitope

MHC allele

pcs

AERO

Nr.1

Phl p 5

FVATFGAAS

Group 5/6 grass pollen allergen

FSSTFNVPM

HLA-DRB1_04_01

87

Nr. 2

Asp f 4

LTALAAGSA

Unclassified

VTALRANSA

HLA-DRB1_01_01

479

Nr. 3

Phl p 5

FVATFGAAS

Group 5/6 grass pollen allergen

FSSTFNVPM

HLA-DRB1_04_01

53

Nr.4

Phl p 5

FVATFGPAS

Group 5/6 grass pollen allergen

FSSTFNVPM

HLA-DRB1_04_01

29

Nr. 5

Phl p 5

FKVAATAAN

Group 5/6 grass pollen allergen

FSSTFNVPM

HLA-DRB1_04_01

38

FOOD

Nr. 1

Gal d 5

FLYAPAILS

Serum albumin

FYILPSIIS

HLA-DRB1_01_01

299

Nr. 2

Gal d 6

ILVDAVLKE

Lipoprotein

VVADAVIKT

HLA-DRB1_03_01

113

Nr. 3

Gal d 6

VYSDVPIEK

Lipoprotein

VVADAVIKT

HLA-DRB1_03_01

29

Nr. 4

Ara h 1

FIMPAAHPV

Cupin

FVMMSAPPA

HLA-DRB1_01_01

258

Nr. 5

Gal d 5

FLYAPAILS

Serum albumin

FLYENAFLP

HLA-DRB1_01_01

81