MHC class I antigen processing and presenting machinery: organization, function, and defects in tumor cells

P Leone, EC Shin, F Perosa, A Vacca… - Journal of the …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Conditional gene expression has greatly facilitated the examination of the functions of
particular gene products. Using the Cre/lox P switching expression system, we plan to …

Antigen processing and immune regulation in the response to tumours

E Reeves, E James - Immunology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The MHC class I and II antigen processing and presentation pathways display peptides to
circulating CD 8+ cytotoxic and CD 4+ helper T cells respectively to enable pathogens and …

Phase I immunotherapeutic trial with long peptides spanning the E6 and E7 sequences of high-risk human papillomavirus 16 in end-stage cervical cancer patients …

GG Kenter, MJP Welters, ARPM Valentijn… - Clinical cancer …, 2008 - AACR
Purpose: To determine the toxicity, safety, and immunogenicity of a human papillomavirus
16 (HPV16) E6 and E7 long peptide vaccine administered to end-stage cervical cancer …

Balancing Selection Maintains a Form of ERAP2 that Undergoes Nonsense-Mediated Decay and Affects Antigen Presentation

AM Andrés, MY Dennis, WW Kretzschmar… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
A remarkable characteristic of the human major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is its
extreme genetic diversity, which is maintained by balancing selection. In fact, the MHC …

Defining the genetic susceptibility to cervical neoplasia—A genome-wide association study

PJ Leo, MM Madeleine, S Wang, SM Schwartz… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
A small percentage of women with cervical HPV infection progress to cervical neoplasia,
and the risk factors determining progression are incompletely understood. We sought to …

Genetics and genomics of ankylosing spondylitis

GP Thomas, MA Brown - Immunological reviews, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a common, highly heritable arthropathy, the pathogenesis of
which is poorly understood. The mechanism by which the main gene for the disease, HLA …

Genetics of ankylosing spondylitis

PC Robinson, MA Brown - Molecular immunology, 2014 - Elsevier
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory arthritis that affects the spine and
sacroiliac joints. It causes significant disability and is associated with a number of other …

Naturally occurring ERAP1 haplotypes encode functionally distinct alleles with fine substrate specificity

E Reeves, CJ Edwards, T Elliott… - The Journal of …, 2013 - journals.aai.org
Abstract Endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase 1 (ERAP1) trims peptides for MHC class I
presentation, influencing the degree and specificity of CD8+ T cell responses. Single …

Regulation of ERAP1 and ERAP2 genes and their disfunction in human cancer

M Compagnone, L Cifaldi, D Fruci - Human immunology, 2019 - Elsevier
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) aminopeptidases ERAP1 and ERAP2 are two
multifunctional enzymes playing an important role in the biological processes requiring …

Endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidases: Biology and pathogenic potential

N Haroon, RD Inman - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2010 - nature.com
Abstract Endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase 1 (ERAP1) and the closely related ERAP2
are involved in the final trimming of peptides within the endoplasmic reticulum for …