Protein Information

Name CD8
Synonyms CD8; p32; MAL; CD8A; CD8a antigen; CD8a molecule; LEU2 T lymphocyte antigen; Leu2…

Compound Information

Name OCH
CAS 2,3,4,4,5,5,6,6-octachloro-2-cyclohexen-1-one

Reference List

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14607913 Hermans IF, Silk JD, Gileadi U, Salio M, Mathew B, Ritter G, Schmidt R, Harris AL, Old L, Cerundolo V: NKT cells enhance CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses to soluble antigen in vivo through direct interaction with dendritic cells. J Immunol. 2003 Nov 15;171(10):5140-7.

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15599405 Silk JD, Hermans IF, Gileadi U, Chong TW, Shepherd D, Salio M, Mathew B, Schmidt RR, Lunt SJ, Williams KJ, Stratford IJ, Harris AL, Cerundolo V: Utilizing the adjuvant properties of CD1d-dependent NK T cells in T cell-mediated immunotherapy. J Clin Invest. 2004 Dec;114(12):1800-11.


The adjuvant activity of alpha-GalCer enhances both priming and boosting of CD8 (+) T cells to coadministered peptide or protein antigens, including a peptide encoding the clinically relevant, HLA-A2-restricted epitope of the human tumor antigen NY-ESO-1.
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