[VIRTUAL] Pan-cancer expression of Cancer Germline Antigens is related to mechanisms of T cell evasion (CIMT 2021)
Zooming in on potential underlying mechanisms, we identified 7 CGAs, namely ACRBP, IL13RA2, TMEM108, GPATCH2, IMP3, TSGA10, ZNF165, the expression of which showed a, for some previously unrecognized, relationship with either aberrant influx, antigen-recognition and/or function of T cells in multiple tumor types. Here, we present the selection of these 7 CGAs, and provide an overview of reports on functional determinants that link this set of CGAs to T cell evasion, as well as the relevance of these CGAs to future immune therapeutic interventions.