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. 2014 Feb;35(2):47-8.
doi: 10.1016/j.it.2014.01.001. Epub 2014 Jan 15.

Tumor antigenicity revealed

Peter A Savage  1
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Tumor antigenicity revealed

Peter A Savage. Trends Immunol. 2014 Feb.

Abstract

The extent to which mutated peptide antigens encoded by somatic mutations contribute to tumor antigenicity in human cancer patients has been unclear. Two recent studies using tumor exome sequencing to predict candidate mutated antigens provide insight into this question.

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