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SUBMITTER: Tsukahara T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4139219 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tsukahara Tomohide T Emori Makoto M Murata Kenji K Hirano Takahisa T Muroi Norihiro N Kyono Masanori M Toji Shingo S Watanabe Kazue K Torigoe Toshihiko T Kochin Vitaly V Asanuma Hiroko H Matsumiya Hiroshi H Yamashita Keiji K Himi Tetsuo T Ichimiya Shingo S Wada Takuro T Yamashita Toshihiko T Hasegawa Tadashi T Sato Noriyuki N
The Journal of biological chemistry 20140624 32
Osteosarcoma is a rare but highly malignant tumor occurring most frequently in adolescents. The prognosis of non-responders to chemotherapy is still poor, and new treatment modalities are needed. To develop peptide-based immunotherapy, we previously identified autologous cytotoxic T lymphocyte-defined osteosarcoma antigen papillomavirus binding factor (PBF) in the context of HLA-B55 and the cytotoxic T lymphocyte epitope (PBF A2.2) presented by HLA-A2. PBF and HLA class I are expressed in ∼90 an ...[more]