CD8+ 793 CTL line lysed autologous melanoma cells, and four different partially HLA-matched (HLA-A1, A29 or HLA-B57 [17] alleles) and two unmatched allogeneic melanoma cells; none of the allogeneic tumor cell lines derived from glioma, breast or colon carcinoma were lysed. Here, CD8A is linked to central nervous system cancer.