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Generation of T cells specific for the wild-type sequence p53(264-272) peptide in cancer patients: implications for immunoselection of epitope loss variants.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Nov 2000
Hoffmann T K, Nakano K, Elder E M, Dworacki G, Finkelstein S D, Appella E, Whiteside T L, DeLeo A B
Abstract excerpt
Alterations in the p53 gene occur frequently and can lead to accumulation of p53 protein in squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck (SCCHN). Since accumulation of p53 is associated with enhanced presentation of wild-type sequence (wt) p53 peptides to immune cells, the development of pan vaccines against SCCHN has focused on wt p53 epitopes. We used the HLA-A2.1-restricted wt p53(264-272) epitope to generate...
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