Identification of epitope mimics recognized by CTL reactive to the melanoma/melanocyte-derived peptide MART-1(27-35).

Improved tools for biological sequence comparison.

1988 • 11,455 citations

A Gene Encoding an Antigen Recognized by Cytolytic T Lymphocytes on a Human Melanoma

1991 • 3,493 citations

A Cell Culture Model for T Lymphocyte Clonal Anergy

1990 • 1,894 citations

Crystal structure of the human class II MHC protein HLA-DR1 complexed with an influenza virus peptide

1994 • 1,553 citations

Molecular mimicry in T cell-mediated autoimmunity: Viral peptides activate human T cell clones specific for myelin basic protein

1995 • 1,528 citations

Ablation of “tolerance” and induction of diabetes by virus infection in viral antigen transgenic mice

1991 • 1,187 citations

A p16 ^INK4a -Insensitive CDK4 Mutant Targeted by Cytolytic T Lymphocytes in a Human Melanoma

1995 • 1,147 citations

Cloning of the gene coding for a shared human melanoma antigen recognized by autologous T cells infiltrating into tumor.

1994 • 1,108 citations

The tyrosinase gene codes for an antigen recognized by autologous cytolytic T lymphocytes on HLA-A2 melanomas.

1993 • 986 citations

Molecular mimicry and autoimmune disease

1987 • 943 citations

A new gene coding for a differentiation antigen recognized by autologous cytolytic T lymphocytes on HLA-A2 melanomas.

1994 • 934 citations

Empty MHC class I molecules come out in the cold

1990 • 933 citations

Identification of a human melanoma antigen recognized by tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes associated with in vivo tumor rejection.

1994 • 921 citations

Identification of the immunodominant peptides of the MART-1 human melanoma antigen recognized by the majority of HLA-A2-restricted tumor infiltrating lymphocytes.

1994 • 850 citations

Identification of a Peptide Recognized by Five Melanoma-Specific Human Cytotoxic T Cell Lines

1994 • 841 citations

The antigenic identity of peptide-MHC complexes: A comparison of the conformations of five viral peptides presented by HLA-A2

1993 • 681 citations

BAGE: a new gene encoding an antigen recognized on human melanomas by cytolytic T lymphocytes

1995 • 598 citations

A new family of genes coding for an antigen recognized by autologous cytolytic T lymphocytes on a human melanoma.

1995 • 591 citations

A mutated beta-catenin gene encodes a melanoma-specific antigen recognized by tumor infiltrating lymphocytes.

1996 • 542 citations

Loss of HLA class I antigens by melanoma cells: molecular mechanisms, functional significance and clinial relevance

1995 • 478 citations

A mutated intron sequence codes for an antigenic peptide recognized by cytolytic T lymphocytes on a human melanoma.

1995 • 416 citations

Role of HLA-A motifs in identification of potential CTL epitopes in human papillomavirus type 16 E6 and E7 proteins.

1994 • 345 citations

An experimentally validated panel of subfamily‐specific oligonucleotide primers (V_α1‐w29/V_β1‐w24) for the study of human T cell receptor variable V gene segment usage by polymerase chain reaction

1992 • 302 citations

HLA DRB4 0101-restricted immunodominant T cell autoepitope of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex in primary biliary cirrhosis: evidence of molecular mimicry in human autoimmune diseases.

1995 • 301 citations

Induction of tumor-reactive CTL from peripheral blood and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes of melanoma patients by in vitro stimulation with an immunodominant peptide of the human melanoma antigen MART-1.

1995 • 296 citations

Identification of a gene encoding a melanoma tumor antigen recognized by HLA-A31-restricted tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes.

1995 • 282 citations

Differences in the antigens recognized by cytolytic T cells on two successive metastases of a melanoma patient are consistent with immune selection

1995 • 225 citations

Specificity and flexibility in thymic selection

1994 • 221 citations

Antigen Analogs/MHC Complexes as Specific T Cell Receptor Antagonists

1994 • 195 citations

Synthesis and cellular location of the ten influenza polypeptides individually expressed by recombinant vaccinia viruses

1987 • 166 citations

The extent of the human germline T-cell receptor V beta gene segment repertoire

1994 • 164 citations

Degenerate recognition of a dissimilar antigenic peptide by myelin basic protein-reactive T cells. Implications for thymic education and autoimmunity.

1993 • 149 citations

In vivo persistence of expanded clones specific for bacterial antigens within the human T cell receptor alpha/beta CD4-8- subset.

1993 • 143 citations

Cytotoxic T lymphocytes after oral immunization with attenuated vaccine strains of Salmonella typhi in humans.

1995 • 128 citations

Recognition of multiple epitopes in the human melanoma antigen gp100 by peripheral blood lymphocytes stimulated in vitro with synthetic peptides.

1995 • 121 citations

From defined human tumor antigens to effective immunization?

1995 • 118 citations

Pseudorabies virus glycoprotein gIII is a major target antigen for murine and swine virus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes

1990 • 112 citations

Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte clones from different patients display limited T-cell-receptor variable-region gene usage in HLA-A2-restricted recognition of the melanoma antigen Melan-A/MART-1.

1995 • 104 citations

Similar antigenic surfaces, rather than sequence homology, dictate T-cell epitope molecular mimicry.

1995 • 99 citations

Partial activation of CD8+ T cells by a self-derived peptide

1995 • 95 citations

Analysis of TCR usage in human tumors: a new tool for assessing tumor-specific immune responses

1995 • 89 citations

Presentation of antigen, foreign major histocompatibility complex proteins and self by thymus cortical epithelium

1989 • 83 citations

Generation of tumor-specific CTLs from melanoma patients by using peripheral blood stimulated with allogeneic melanoma tumor cell lines. Fine specificity and MART-1 melanoma antigen recognition.

1995 • 81 citations

An important role for intestinally derived T cells in respiratory defence

1995 • 70 citations

Identification of MART-1-specific T-cell receptors: T cells utilizing distinct T-cell receptor variable and joining regions recognize the same tumor epitope.

1994 • 65 citations

Peptide‐specific ctl in tumor‐infiltrating lymphocytes from metastatic melanomas expressing mart‐1/melan‐a, gp100 and tyrosinase genes: A study in an unselected group of hla‐a2.1‐positive patients

1995 • 59 citations

Frequency of molecular mimicry among T cell peptides as the basis for autoimmune disease and autoantibody induction.

1995 • 51 citations

HLA association with response and toxicity in melanoma patients treated with interleukin 2-based immunotherapy.

1992 • 48 citations

Overexpression of the T-cell receptor beta-chain variable region TCRBV14 in HLA-A2-matched primary human melanomas.

1995 • 43 citations

Recombinant Vaccinia Virus Expressing the Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Glycoprotein C Protects Mice against Herpes Simplex Virus Challenge

1989 • 37 citations

Cytotoxic T Cells and Human Herpes Virus Infections

1994 • 27 citations

The Proportion of Herpes Simplex Virus-Specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes (Tc) That Recognize Glycoprotein C Varies between Individual Mice and Is Dependent on the Form of Immunization

1993 • 7 citations