Frequent cytolytic T-cell responses to peptide MAGE-A10(254-262) in melanoma - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2001 Jan 15;61(2):509-12.

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Frequent cytolytic T-cell responses to peptide MAGE-A10(254-262) in melanoma

D Valmori et al. Cancer Res. 2001.

Abstract

MAGE genes encode tumor-specific shared antigens that are among the most interesting candidates for cancer vaccines. Despite extensive studies, however, CD8+ T-cell responses to MAGE-derived epitopes have been detected only occasionally in cancer patients, even after vaccination. In contrast with these findings, we report here that HLA-A2 melanoma patients respond frequently to the recently identified peptide MAGE-A10(254-262). Indeed, as assessed by staining with fluorescent HLA-A2/peptide MAGE-A10(254-262) tetramers, CD8+ T cells directed against this peptide were readily detectable in a large proportion of HLA-A2+ melanoma patients. These results provide new insight into the immunogenicity of MAGE antigens and underline the potential usefulness of MAGE-A10 peptide-based cancer vaccines.

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