Table 3.

Characteristics of the NY-ESO-1 epitopes.

	Peptide 1	Peptide 2	Peptide 3
Sequence	SRLLEFYLAMPFATPMEAELARRSLAQ	PVPGVLLKEFTVSGNILTIRLTAADHR	SLLMWITQC
Peptide position	85–111	117–143	157–165
No. amino acids	27	27	9
pI	5.95	9.18	5.24
GRAVY	0.115	0.359	1.178
HLA class	Class I	Class II	Class I
HLA type	B7	DRB1	A2
Epitope presentation to	Cytotoxic T cells (CD8+)	T helper cells (CD4+)	Cytotoxic T cells (CD8+)