A shift in the phenotype of melan-A-specific CTL identifies melanoma patients with an active tumor-specific immune response.
In a significant proportion of melanoma patients, CTL specific for the melan-A(26/7-35) epitope can be detected in peripheral blood using HLA-A2/peptide tetramers. However, the functional capacity of these CTL has been controversial, since although they prove to be effective killers after in vitro e...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2000
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