MAGE-A p248V9

MAGE-A protein: MAGE-A p248V9, also kwon as multi-MAGE-A (YLEYRQVPV) is an epitope of Melanoma Antigen Gene expressed by tumors of different histological types and is a Cancer/Testis Antigens (CTA) . Type of MAGE-A expressed in tumors cells varies according to the type of tumor. Targeting epitopes shared by all MAGE-A antigens would be interest in immunotherapy against a broad spectrum of cancers. Applications of MAGE-A p248V9 (multi-MAGE-A) : MAGE-A p248V9 is very useful because it could generate an HLA-A*02:01-restricted CTL response and shared by MAGE-A1, -A2, -A3, -A4, -A6, -A10 and -A12. MAGE-A p248V9 is used to stimulate specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) in PBMCs and then to analyze CTL response especially the cytokine production by ELISPOT assay.