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A HLA-Cw*0701 restricted Melan-A/MART1 epitope presented by melanoma tumor cells to CD8+ tumor infiltrating lymphocytes

Authors: Pierre Larrieu, Virginie Renaud, Yann Godet, Francine Jotereau, Jean-François Fonteneau

Published in: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy | Issue 5/2008

Abstract

Melan-A/MART1 is a melanocytic differentiation antigen recognized on melanoma tumor cells by CD8+ and CD4+ T cells. In this study, we describe a new epitope of this protein recognized in the context of HLA-Cw*0701 molecules by a CD8+ tumor infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) clone. This CD8+ TIL clone specifically recognized and killed a fraction of melanoma cells lines expressing Melan-A/MART1 and HLA-Cw*0701. We further show that the Melan-A/MART1_51–61 peptide is the optimal peptide recognized by this clone. Together, these data significantly enlarge the fraction of melanoma patients susceptible to benefit from a Melan-A/MART1 vaccine approach.

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Title: A HLA-Cw*0701 restricted Melan-A/MART1 epitope presented by melanoma tumor cells to CD8+ tumor infiltrating lymphocytes
Authors: Pierre Larrieu
Virginie Renaud
Yann Godet
Francine Jotereau
Jean-François Fonteneau
Publication date: 01-05-2008
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy / Issue 5/2008
Print ISSN: 0340-7004
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0851
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00262-007-0436-7

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