Published in Cancer Weekly, August 8th, 2006
Study 1: The ubiquitin-proteasome system plays essential roles in presenting an 8-mer CTL epitope expressed in APC to corresponding CD8+ T cells.
"MUT1 is an H-2Kb-restricted 8-mer CTL epitope expressed in Lewis lung carcinoma (3LL) tumor cells derived from C57BL/6 (B6) mice. We constructed a chimeric gene encoding ubiquitin-fused MUT1 (pUB-MUT1). By using a gene gun, B6 mice were immunized with the gene prior to challenge with 3LL tumor cells. Tumor growth and lung metastasis were prominently suppressed in mice immunized with pUB-MUT1 but only slightly...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2006-08-08)
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