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Table 2 Immunological monitoring in melanoma patients

From: Clinical response in Japanese metastatic melanoma patients treated with peptide cocktail-pulsed dendritic cells

Patient No.

HLA

Tumor antigen, HLA expression

ELISPOT

Tetramer

Th1/Th2 balance

1

A*2402

3/5(Tyr,M1,M2), A24(+)

3/5(Tyr,M1,M2)

Tyrosinase (0.34%)

5.19 (1.45)a

2

A*0201

A2(+)

2/5(MART1,gp100)

MART1 (0.64%)

3.68 (1.49)

3

A*2402

A24(-)

N. Db

N. D.

-

4

A*0206

A2(-)

2/5(MART1, M2)

-

3.05 (2.57)

5

A*0201

A2(-)

2/5(MART1, M2)

MART1 (1.48%)

2.83 (3.68)

6

A*2402

2/5(M2,M3), A24(+)

2/5(M2, M3)

-

3.76 (2.00)

7

A*0201

4/5(MART1,Tyr,gp100,M2), A2(+)

2/5(gp100, M2)

-

2.64 (1.79)

8

A*2402

A24(-)

N. D.

N. D.

-

9

A*0201

A2(+)

1/5(gp100)c

N. D.

N. D.

  1. aThe value in the parenthesis shows Th1/Th2 ratio prior to DC vaccination. bN. D. ; not done.
  2. cThe value shows the one obtained prior to DC vaccines.