The frog Xenopus laevis provides an attractive alternative non-mammalian model for exploring the ability of heat shock protein such as gp96 to promote antigen-specific CD8 T cell responses. We present methods to study in vivo facilitation of cross-presentation of skin and tumor antigens by gp96.
Nedelkovska, H., Cruz-Luna, T., McPherson, P., Robert, J. Comparative in vivo Study of gp96 Adjuvanticity in the Frog Xenopus laevis. J. Vis. Exp. (43), e2026, doi:10.3791/2026 (2010).