β2-Microglobulin mutations, HLA class I antigen loss, and tumor progression in melanoma

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2720-2729

  Hicklin, Daniel J ^a   Wang, Zhigang ^a   Arienti, Flavio ^b   Rivoltini, Licia ^b   Parmiani, Giorgio ^b   Ferrone, Soldano ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

CTL; HLA loci; Immunesurveillance; Metastasis; Splicing

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; GENE MUTATION; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; POINT MUTATION; RNA SPLICING; TUMOR ESCAPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; CELL DIVISION; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POINT MUTATION; RNA SPLICING; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR ESCAPE;

EID: 0032525339     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI498     Document Type: Article

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