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JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY
Volume 46, Issue 1, Pages 52-56Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/1346-8138.14685
Keywords
cytotoxic T lymphocyte; cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4; effector phase; immunotherapy; melanoma
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Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA-4) is one of the important molecules that regulate the anti-melanoma T-cell response. Currently, there are some reports showing that CTLA-4 is expressed not only by T cells but also by various kinds of tumor cells, including melanoma cells. However, there is no report that shows the role of CTLA-4 expressed by melanoma cells in melanoma-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) response. In this report, we confirmed substantial CTLA-4 expression and the localization of CTLA-4 in melanoma cell lines and tissues. Also, we examined its impact on melanoma-specific CTL in vitro, and found that CTLA-4 expressed by melanoma cells does not affect melanoma-specific CTL in the effector phase. Our findings suggest the importance of elucidating the role of CTLA-4 expressed by melanoma cells, particularly in anti-CTLA-4 antibody therapy.
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