Passage of transmissible cancers in the Tasmanian devil is due to a dominant, shared peptide motif and a limited repertoire of MHC-I allotypes
A. Gastaldello, S. H. Ramarathinam, A. Bailey, R. S. Owen, S. C. Turner, N. Kontouli, T. J. Elliott, P. J. S. Skipp, A. W. Purcell, H. V. Siddle
The paper identifies a shared peptide motif and limited MHC-I diversity in Tasmanian devil transmissible cancers, suggesting a mechanism for immune evasion and vaccine design.
bioRxiv · Jul 3, 2020 · PreprintImmunology