Confocal microscopy with Alexa Fluor®647-labelled2A9 also showed that MART-1 could be detected in tumor cells attached and/orfused to phagocytes and even inside these cells as early as 1 h and up to24 h or 48 h after initiation of co-cultures between gamma-irradiated melanomacells and MAK or DC, respectively. Here, MLANA is linked to neoplasm.