Biology:NY-ESO-1

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NY-ESO-1 is a human tumor antigen of the cancer/testis family.[1] It is highly expressed in many poor-prognosis melanomas.[2]

It is being studied as possible target for a cancer vaccine or immunotherapy.

It is a target for some experimental engineered T-cell therapies for myeloma.[3]

See also

References

A testicular antigen aberrantly expressed in human cancers detected by autologous antibody screening.

Chen YT, Scanlan MJ, Sahin U, Türeci O, Gure AO, Tsang S, Williamson B, Stockert E, Pfreundschuh M, Old LJ.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 Mar 4;94(5):1914-8.

PMID 9050879

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