ABSTRACT
Abstract Objective:To explore homology in mage-A family and find some common epitopes recognized by cytotoxic T lymphocyte(CTL) to oppose tumor escape.Methods:The amino acid sequence,differents open reading frame(ORF) and the known CTL epitope of themember of MAGE-A family,were analyzed using DNAstar software, and phylogenetic tree is also constructed. Results: MAGE-A family shareidentity nucleotide 57.6% - 98.0%,the phylogenetic tree showed that they are derived from a common ancestor at different time, as well asfound some CTL epitopes high similarity. Conclusion: MAGE-A family come from common an ancestor, but they bave many differences in thepattern of expression in tumor.This study can help to find the best CTL epitope vaccine to cure tumor.