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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
20
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-10-17
pubmed:abstractText
The development of immunotherapy for cancer, such as synthetic peptide-based vaccines, relies heavily on the identification of appropriate epitopes capable of eliciting antitumor T-cell responses. We have used a combination of computer-based algorithms to predict peptide sequences from prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) capable of stimulating in vitro CTLs restricted by the HLA-A2 MHC molecule. Four of the five peptides that were predicted by these algorithms were capable of inducing antigen-specific CTLs that killed target cells that were pulsed exogenously with the corresponding peptides. However, only one of the four peptides, PSMA(27), induced CTLs that were effective at recognizing prostate tumor cells expressing the HLA-A2 and PSMA molecules. These results underline the importance of demonstrating antitumor reactivity of peptide-induced CTLs for the selection of epitopes destined to become immunotherapeutic for prostate cancer.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
62
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5807-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Recognition of prostate tumor cells by cytotoxic T lymphocytes specific for prostate-specific membrane antigen.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Immunology, Mayo Graduate School, and Mayo Cancer Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.