CD8A and mesothelioma: Using splenocytes collected at day 55 (i.e., the end-point of the experiments in Figure 2), we found that, upon re-exposure to Ab1 mesothelioma cells, CD8+ lymphocyte expansion was significantly more pronounced when splenocytes were derived from the PDT-based DC vaccination group than from the anti-CTLA4-treated mice (Figure 3A; gating strategy presented in Figure S2A).