To confirm whether enhanced CD8+ T-cell responses by EW-7197 are antigen-specific, we stimulated the carboxyfluorescein diacetate succinmidyl ester (CFSE)-labelled dLN cells with gp100 peptide, a melanosomal differentiation Ag expressed by melanomas and melanocytes (Thomson et al, 1988) and determined CFSE dilution of CD8+ gate by flowcytometry. The gene discussed is CD8A; the disease is melanoma.