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Table 1 Summary of mRNA libraries and clone analysis. In the case of MEL14, total RNA was extracted from ~5 × 104 pleural tumor cells (NA: Not applicable)

From: Production and characterization of amplified tumor-derived cRNA libraries to be used as vaccines against metastatic melanomas

Patients

Weight of tumor sample (mg)

Quantity of extracted total RNA (μg)

Number of clones (cfu)

Size range of analyzed clones (nt)

Quantity of mRNA library prepared (mg)

Number of injection performed

1

MEL01

32.4

9.4

1 × 105

500 – 4000

2.8

10

2

MEL02

33

10.5

1 × 105

200 – 8000

5.0

12

3

MEL03

33.6

26.3

5 × 105

250 – 1000

1.9

6

4

MEL04

38

36.7

2 × 105

400 – 3500

3.6

8

5

MEL05

85

14.2

2 × 105

500 – 1000

5.0

13

6

MEL06

60

115.2

3 × 105

300 – 1200

4.0

16

7

MEL07

76

70.5

5 × 105

500 – 1200

2.8

7

8

MEL08

34.1

60.9

3 × 105

500 – 1200

5.3

16

9

MEL09

95

84

4 × 104

350 – 800

4.5

10

10

MEL10

78.7

62.5

2 × 105

600 – 1200

4.2

16

11

MEL11

77.3

9.56

3 × 105

400 – 1000

2.7

3

12

MEL12

34.3

15.4

6 × 104

400 – 1200

3.9

10

13

MEL13

72

9.14

2 × 105

750 – 2000

4.4

16

14

MEL14

NA

13.2

1 × 105

400 – 10000

1.8

4

15

MEL15

60

41.5

3 × 105

500 – 4000

4.1

8

Average

57.8

38.6

2 × 105

450 – 3250

3.7

10