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Immune escape of cancer cells with beta2-microglobulin loss over the course of metastatic melanoma.
International journal of cancer - 1 Jan 2014
del Campo Ana B, Kyte Jon Amund, Carretero Javier, Zinchencko Svitlana, Méndez Rosa, González-Aseguinolaza Gloria, Ruiz-Cabello Francisco, Aamdal Steinar, Gaudernack Gustav, Garrido Federico, Aptsiauri Natalia
Abstract excerpt
Cancer cells escape T-cell-mediated destruction by losing human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I expression via various mechanisms, including loss of beta2-microglobulin (β2m). Our study illustrates the immune escape of HLA class I-negative tumor cells and chronological sequence of appearance of tumor β2m gene mutation in successive lesions obtained from a patient with metastatic melanoma. We observed a gradual...
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