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Specificity
of HOM-MEL-40/SSX2 p103-111 stimulated CD8+ T-cells. The reactivity
of T-cells prestimulated with SSX2-derived p103-111 was tested
against peptides SSX2 p103-111 (red) and SSX4 p103-111 (green)
by ELISPOT. T-cells prestimulated with SSX4 derived p103-111 were
tested the same way to exclude any cross-reactivity. The peptides
are located at the corresponding positions of the two antigens,
which belong to the same cancer testis antigen family. T-cells
were derived from a breast cancer patient with an SSX2 and SSX4
positive tumor. Peptide p148-156 derived from human helicase served
as a negative control (yellow). T-cells specific for CMV p495-503
were used as a positive control (blue).
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