Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

Reversion analysis reveals the in vivo immunogenicity of a poorly MHC I-binding cancer neoepitope

  • Hakimeh Ebrahimi-Nik,
  • Marmar Moussa,
  • Ryan P. Englander,
  • Summit Singhaviranon,
  • Justine Michaux,
  • HuiSong Pak,
  • Hiroko Miyadera,
  • William L. Corwin,
  • Grant L. J. Keller,
  • Adam T. Hagymasi,
  • Tatiana V. Shcheglova,
  • George Coukos,
  • Brian M. Baker,
  • Ion I. Mandoiu,
  • Michal Bassani-Sternberg,
  • Pramod K. Srivastava

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26646-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The immunogenicity of peptides is believed to be determined by their high-affinity binding to MHC I. Here authors show that low-affinity MHC I-peptide interactions are also able to trigger robust T cell response and anti-tumour immunity in vivo.