Endogenous retrovirus sequences as a novel class of tumor-specific antigens: An example of HERV-H env encoding strong CTL epitopes

Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1093-1100

  Mullins, Christina S ^a   Linnebacher, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endogenous retrovirus; HERV H; Reverse immunology; T cell epitope; Tumor specific antigen

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA A2 ANTIGEN; RETROVIRAL PEPTIDE 01; RETROVIRAL PEPTIDE 02; RETROVIRAL PEPTIDE 03; RETROVIRAL PEPTIDE 04; RETROVIRAL PEPTIDE 05; RETROVIRAL PEPTIDE 06; RETROVIRAL PEPTIDE 07; RETROVIRAL PEPTIDE 08; RETROVIRAL PEPTIDE 09; RETROVIRAL PEPTIDE 10; TUMOR ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER IMMUNOLOGY; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME XP; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS H; ENVELOPE GENE; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TUMOR CELL DESTRUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL GROWTH PROCESSES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; GENE PRODUCTS, ENV; GENES, ENV; HLA-A2 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 84862765375     PISSN: 03407004     EISSN: 14320851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00262-011-1183-3     Document Type: Article

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