Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

Single-cell derived tumor organoids display diversity in HLA class I peptide presentation

  • Laura C. Demmers,
  • Kai Kretzschmar,
  • Arne Van Hoeck,
  • Yotam E. Bar-Epraïm,
  • Henk W. P. van den Toorn,
  • Mandy Koomen,
  • Gijs van Son,
  • Joost van Gorp,
  • Apollo Pronk,
  • Niels Smakman,
  • Edwin Cuppen,
  • Hans Clevers,
  • Albert J. R. Heck,
  • Wei Wu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19142-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Immunotherapy may exploit alternative vulnerabilities of drug resistant cells. Here, the authors show that the HLA peptide presentation landscape is heterogeneous even within one individual, hinting that a multi-peptide vaccination approach against highly conserved tumor suppressors may be needed.