RNA editing derived epitopes function as cancer antigens to elicit immune responses

oleh: Minying Zhang, Jens Fritsche, Jason Roszik, Leila J. Williams, Xinxin Peng, Yulun Chiu, Chih-Chiang Tsou, Franziska Hoffgaard, Valentina Goldfinger, Oliver Schoor, Amjad Talukder, Marie A. Forget, Cara Haymaker, Chantale Bernatchez, Leng Han, Yiu-Huen Tsang, Kathleen Kong, Xiaoyan Xu, Kenneth L. Scott, Harpreet Singh-Jasuja, Greg Lizee, Han Liang, Toni Weinschenk, Gordon B. Mills, Patrick Hwu

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2018-09-01

Deskripsi

RNA editing is a biological process that creates sequence variation. Here the authors show that peptides generated as a consequence of RNA editing are naturally presented by human leukocyte antigen (HLA) and serve as antigens to elicit anti-tumour immune responses.