Mapping of novel peptides of WT-1 and presenting HLA alleles that induce epitope-specific HLA-restricted T cells with cytotoxic activity against WT-1+ leukemias

Blood

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1633-1646

  Doubrovina, Ekaterina ^a   Carpenter, Taissia ^a   Pankov, Dmitry ^a   Selvakumar, Annamalai ^a   Hasan, Aisha ^a   O'Reilly, Richard J ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PENTADECAPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN WT 1; TUMOR ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG SCREENING; EPITOPE MAPPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMOCIDAL ACTIVITY; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSITIZATION; TARGET CELL;

EID: 84865403847     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2011-11-394619     Document Type: Article

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