Switch of HLA-G alternative splicing in a melanoma cell line causes loss of HLA-G1 expression and sensitivity to NK lysis

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 114-122

  Rouas Freiss, Nathalie ^a   Bruel, Sylvie ^a   Menier, Catherine ^a   Marcou, Céline ^a   Moreau, Philippe ^a   Carosella, Edgardo D ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; HLA G; Immunosurveillance; Melanoma; NK cells

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA E ANTIGEN; HLA G ANTIGEN; HLA G1 ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; MELANOMA CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TUMOR ESCAPE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; CYTOKINES; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; DOWN-REGULATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MELANOMA; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR ESCAPE;

EID: 24344475645     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.21151     Document Type: Article

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