1. Specificity of HOM-MEL-40/SSX2 p103-111 stimulated CD8+ T-cells.
Specificity of HOM-MEL-40/SSX2 p stimulated CD8+ T-cells. The reactivity of T-cells prestimulated with SSX2-derived p was tested against peptides SSX2 p (red) and SSX4 p (green) by ELISPOT. T-cells prestimulated with SSX4 derived p were tested the same way to exclude any cross-reactivity. The peptides are located at the corresponding positions of the two antigens, which belong to the same cancer testis antigen family. T-cells were derived from a breast cancer patient with an SSX2 and SSX4 positive tumor. Peptide p derived from human helicase served as a negative control (yellow). T-cells specific for CMV p were used as a positive control (blue).
Claudia Wagner et al. Cancer Immun 2003;3:18
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