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. 2015 Jan 27;10(11):3179–3189. doi: 10.4161/21645515.2014.983857

Table 1.

Summary of peptide selection

HLA class I TUMAPs HLA class II TUMAP
TUMAP selection criteria IMA-ADF-001 IMA-ADF-002 IMA-APO-001 IMA-CCN-001 IMA-GUC-001 IMA-K67–001 IMA-MET-001 IMA-MUC-001 IMA-RGS-001 IMA-MMP-001
Natural TUMAP presentation on RCC samples
Natural presentation directly shown on RCC tumor samples X X X X X X X X
TUMAP binding to HLA
Demonstrated high-affinity binding to HLA-A*02 X X X X X X X (X)
Predicted promiscuous binding to HLA-DR in >80% of patients1 X
Demonstrated promiscuous binding to class II alleles1 X
mRNA overexpression of TUMAP source protein
Over-expression in RCC samples (% of analyzed RCC samples)2 95 95 100 93 90 85 98 65 80 70
Immunogenicity of TUMAPs
In vitro immunogenicity demonstrated X X X X X X X X X X
Immunogenicity proven in clinical trials X X X X X X X X X X
Relevant cancer-associated functions of source proteins
roles in cell cycle progression and tumor cell proliferation X X X
tumor invasion, cell migration, and metastasis X X X
linked to cancer-associated signaling pathways X X X X
antiapoptotic effects X
pro-angiogenic effects X X
renal cell carcinoma marker X X X X
expression associated with mutations in the VHL gene X X X
expression correlated with higher tumor stage/grade X X X X
overexpression linked to decreased survival in RCC X X X

1Not applicable to short HLA class I TUMAPs.

2Number of samples with expression > mean expression by normal tissues.