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Table 1

Studies on the hTERT peptide540-548a.

T cells analyzed

hTERT transfection of target cells

HLA transfection of tumor cells

T cell recognition correlates with antigen / HLA expression

Reference

bulk

+

-

yes

1

bulk

-

-

yes

2

line and clones

+

-

no

3

aAbbreviations: "bulk", polyclonal lymphocyte cultures; "line", T cell line (culture with >99% CD8+ cells, >75% positive for the fluorescent tetramer HLA-A*0201/hTERT540-548); "clones", monoclonal CD8+ T cells; +, done; -, not done.

 

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