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Table 3 In Vitro CD8 T Cell Response against Telomerase Peptides in Cancer Patients

From: Telomerase immunity from bench to bedside: round one

HLA Allele

hTRT peptide

Tumor type

Killing of tumor cells

Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes

Cancer Patient in vitro PBMC immunization R/T

Ref.

   

Autologous primary tumor cells

Established tumor cell lines

   

A2

p540

Prostate

ND

T2*, LnCap

ND

6/9 (66%)

[30]

  

Melanoma

ND

T2*

ND

1/4 (25%)

(unpublished data)

  

Hematological malignancies and advanced prostate

NHL

ND

ND

5/6 (83%)

[73]

  

Prostate, Breast, Lung, Gastric, NHL, Liver

Prostate cancer cells

ND

ND

21/23 (91%)

[67]

  

Breast

ND

ND

ND

11/14 (79%)

[69]

  

Colorectal

Colorectal cancer cells

ND

ND

5/37 (13%)

[68]

 

pY572

Prostate

ND

T2*

ND

5/8 (62%)

(unpublished data)

 

p865

Colorectal

Colorectal cancer cells

ND

ND

4/37 (11%)

[68]

  

Breast

ND

ND

ND

6/14 (43%)

[69]

  

Prostate

ND

T2*

ND

3/6 (50%)

(unpublished data)

  

Melanoma

   

2/3 (67%)

 

B7

p1123

Prostate

ND

T2-B7*

ND

2/2 (100%)

[70]

A3

p973

Breast

U266, SK-MES-1, SK-MEL-2, NHL

T2-A3*,

ND

4/7 (57%)

[69]

A24

p1008

Liver

ND

HepG2, HuH6 and HuH7 (Hepatoma)

ND

6/72 (8%)

[76]

 

p845

    

6/72 (8%)

 
 

p167

    

9/72(13%)

 
 

p461

   

+

5/72 (7%)

 
 

p324

   

ND

9/72 (13%)

 
 

p637

    

9/72 (13%)

 
  1. R/T: responders/total, ND: Not done
  2. *, denotes target cells pulsed with corresponding peptide