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Table 2

Categories of SEREX-defined human tumor antigens.

Antigen Category

Examples

Serum Source for
Initial Isolation

Cancer-testis

NY-ESO-1

Esophageal cancer

SSX

Melanoma

SCP1

Renal cancer

CT7

Melanoma

CAGE-1

Lung cancer

cTAGE-1

T cell lymphoma

Mutational

p53

Colon cancer

CDX2

Colon cancer

Differentiation

Tyrosinase

Melanoma

NY-BR-1

Breast cancer

SOX group B

Small cell lung cancer

Amplified/overexpressed

HER-2/neu

Breast cancer

eIF-4 gamma

Lung cancer

TOP2A

Neuroblastoma

Splice variant

Restin

Hodgkin's disease

NY-CO-37/38

Colon cancer

Retroviral

HERV-K10

Renal cancer

HERV-K gag

Prostate cancer

Abbreviations: HERV, human endogenous retrovirus.

 

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