Patent ID: 7700108

Claim:
A method for inducing a cytotoxic T cell (CTL) comprising bringing peripheral lymphocyte cells into contact with a peptide that is 8-14 amino acids long and is: (i) a fragment of a protein, wherein the protein consists of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2; or (ii) a fragment of a protein, wherein the protein consists of an amino acid sequence having at least 80% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein the amino acid residue at position 2 of said fragment (ii) is tyrosine, phenylalanine, methionine, or tryptophan, and/or the C terminal amino acid is phenylalanine, leucine, isoleucine, tryptophan, or methionine; wherein said peptide can bind to an HLA antigen in an HLA-A24 or HLA-B55 restricted manner and is recognized by CTLs when bound to HLA-A24 or HLA-B55 antigen.