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Cutting edge: permissive MHC class II allele changes the pattern of antitumor immune response resulting in failure of tumor rejection.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Feb 2009
Klyushnenkova Elena N, Kouiavskaia Diana V, Berard Carla A, Alexander Richard B
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We studied the growth of transgenic adenocarcinoma of mouse prostate (TRAMP)-C1 tumor cells expressing human prostate-specific Ag (PSA) in HLA-DRB1*1501 (DR2b) transgenic mice. TRAMP-PSA tumors were frequently rejected by HLA-DR2b(-) mice but had increased incidence in HLA-DR2b(+) littermates. The levels of PSA-specific CD8 T cell responses were significantly higher in the HLA-DR2b(-) mice that rejected TRAMP-PSA...
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