{"title":"Illuminating cancer therapy via cryptic antigens.","authors":"Jiling Feng, Yu Zeng, Shengli Li","doi":"10.1016/j.trecan.2025.07.003","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A recent study in Science by Ely et al. identifies immunogenic, cancer-restricted noncanonical HLA-I-bound peptides (ncHLAp) in pancreatic cancer. Using a translation-informed filtering strategy, the study uncovers cryptic antigens derived from unannotated ORFs and validate antigen-specific T cell receptors (TCRs) capable of targeting pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) in preclinical models, offering new avenues for immunotherapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":23336,"journal":{"name":"Trends in cancer","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.5000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Trends in cancer","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trecan.2025.07.003","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"ONCOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A recent study in Science by Ely et al. identifies immunogenic, cancer-restricted noncanonical HLA-I-bound peptides (ncHLAp) in pancreatic cancer. Using a translation-informed filtering strategy, the study uncovers cryptic antigens derived from unannotated ORFs and validate antigen-specific T cell receptors (TCRs) capable of targeting pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) in preclinical models, offering new avenues for immunotherapy.
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