CD8A and neoplasm: In a small study of an IL-12-based melanoma vaccine, Dr. Gajewski and colleagues correlated pre-treatment biopsy gene expression to outcomes and noted that in responding patients, tumors expressed chemokines (e.g., CXCL9 which binds CXCR3 on activated CD8+ T cells), which in some instances were able to recruit T cells into the tumor site.