MELOE-1 antigen contains multiple HLA class II T cell epitopes recognized by Th1 CD4+ T cells from melanoma patients.

MELOE-1 is an overexpressed melanoma antigen containing a HLA-A2 restricted epitope, involved in melanoma immunosurveillance of patients adoptively transferred with tumour infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL). The use of the full-length antigen (46 aa) for anti-melanoma vaccination could be considered, su...

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Main Authors: Mathilde Bobinet, Virginie Vignard, Anne Rogel, Amir Khammari, Brigitte Dreno, Francois Lang, Nathalie Labarriere
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3527452?pdf=render