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  • 1
    ISSN: 1432-0843
    Keywords: Key words Antigenic peptides ; Epithelial cancer ; Immunotherapy
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Recent human tumor immunology research has identified several genes coding immunogenic peptides recognized by CD8 cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) in melanoma tumors. Very recently, CD4 T cell antigenic epitopes were also determined in certain melanoma tumors. The use of these peptides in conjunction with human immunotherapy could prove to be of great benefit. However, such peptides in clinically common tumors of epithelial cell origin, such as of the stomach, colon, lung, etc., have not yet been determined extensively. We describe for the first time an HLA-A31 (A*31012)-restricted natural antigenic peptide recognized by the CD8 CTL TcHST-2 of gastric signet ring cell carcinoma cell line HST-2. We also identified the HLA-DRB1*08032-restricted peptide recognized by the CD4 T cell line TcOSC-20 of squamous cell carcinoma OSC-20 derived from the oral cavity. The antigenic peptide of HST-2, designated F4.2, is composed of 10 amino acid residues with two anchor motif residues necessary for binding to HLA-A31 molecules. The synthetic F4.2 peptide enhanced the reactivity of TcHST-2 against HST-2 cells. Furthermore, introduction of an expression minigene coding F4.2 peptide to HLA-A31(+) cells conferred cytotoxic susceptibility to TcHST-2 on the cells. Some stomach cancer lines into which the HLA-A31 gene had been introduced, such as MKN28-A31-2, were lysed by TcHST-2, suggesting the presence of F4.2 peptide in at least some HLA-A31(+) stomach cancers. Furthermore, F4.2 peptide induced an F4.2 peptide-specific CTL response in at least 30–40% of HLA-A31(+) peripheral blood lymphocytes from gastric cancer patients, suggesting that F4.2 peptide could be used as a cancer vaccine for gastric tumors. The natural antigenic peptide of OSC-20 was also determined using acid extraction and biochemical separation and by mass spectrometry. Consequently, OSC-20 peptide was designated as the 6-1-5 peptide, an HLA-DRB1*08032-restricted 16-mer peptide with two possible anchor motifs. It has an amino acid sequence identical to that of human α-enolase, suggesting that it was derived from the processed parental α-enolase protein. We are presently attempting to determine the genes that code tumor rejection antigens recognized by HLA-A24- and A26-restricted T cells, including those of pulmonary and pancreatic carcinomas. The search for these antigenic peptides may lead to the identification of immunogenic peptide antigens that would be suitable for clinical use in commonly occurring epithelial cancers.
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    Stamford, Conn. [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Polymer Engineering and Science 22 (1982), S. 248-253 
    ISSN: 0032-3888
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Chemical Engineering
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics , Physics
    Notes: The limiting pressure-velocity (PV) of plastics materials under normal contacting pressure P and sliding velocity V when the sliding goes on continuously unlubricated has been discussed theoretically in this study. The sliding friction tests between the rotating edge of a hollow cylinder against a stationary metal surface were carried out in room air and when the metals were cooled with circulating water.The results obtained were as follows: The relation between PVmax and the critical temperature τbmax of the surface above which ordinary frictional conditions are not maintained may be represented by the following formula, \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ \begin{array}{*{20}c} {{\rm PV}_{max} = C(\tau _{bmax } - \tau _a)} & {(1)} \\ \end{array} $$\end{document} Where C = Hn/μk, and H is the mean total heat conductivity between materials and environment in cal/cm2. °C · s, n the area ratio of heat radiation surface to frictional surface, μ the kinetic frictional coefficient, k the thermal equivalent of frictional work in cal/kg · cm · s, and τa the cooling or environment temperature.The value of C ranges from 1 to 10 in cal/kg · cm s · °C, and the value of PVmax from 45 to 750 in kg/cm2 · cm/s under prevailing room temperature air cooling in this experiment, however, the value of C has been increased about 2.3 times as much as those values by circulating water of 2°C around the lower side of the test piece.
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