Classification of cancer antigens
Type of antigens | Antigen characteristics | Example of human tumor antigens |
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Cancer-germline | Expressed by tumor cells and adult reproductive tissues | MAGE, BAGE, NY-ESO-1 |
Differentiation | Expressed by tumors cells and a limited range of normal tissues | Tyrosinase, Melan-A/MART-1, Gp100, CEA |
Overexpressed | Highly expressed in tumor cells and few in some normal tissues | EGFR, HER2, MUC1 |
Mutant neoantigens | Mutant antigens, expressed only by tumor cells as a result of mutation, patient-specific | p53, Ras, BCR-ABL, ACTN4 |
TEIPP neoantigens | Non-mutated antigens expressed by tumor cells with APM defects | ppCT, LRPAP1 |
Viral antigens | Expressed only by tumor cells as a result of viral infection | HPV E6–E7, EBV, HBV, HTVL |
EGFR: epidermal growth factor receptor; HER2: human EGFR 2; ppCT: preprocalcitonin; HPV: human papillomavirus; EBV: Epstein-Barr virus; HBV: hepatitis B virus; HTVL: human T cell leukemia virus; APM: antigen presentation machinery; BAGE: B melanoma antigen; NY-ESO-1: New York esophageal squamous cell carcinoma 1; Gp100: glycoprotein 100; CEA: carcinoembryonic antigen; MUC1: mucin 1; p53: tumor protein 53; BCR-ABL: breakpoint cluster region and abelson oncogene; LRPAP1: LDL-receptor-related protein-associated protein 1; ACTN4: actinin 4
The authors thank Sarah MacKenzie for editorial help.
MOA, SC and FMC: Conceptualization. MOA and SC: Creation of tables and figures. All authors contributed to the manuscript revision, read and approved the submitted version.
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
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This work was supported by grants from the French Institut National du Cancer (INCa; Grant number PRTK-2020-070); Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-PRCE-2021, ANR-21-CE17-0049-01) and Fondation de France (2021; Grant number 00119144/WB-2021-34171). SC is supported by grants from Association pour la Recherche sur le Cancer (ARC; Grant number SIGN’IT20181007792). MOA is a recipient of a fellowship from Fondation de France (2021; Grant number 00119144/WB-2021-34171). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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