Bcl-2 Prevents Apoptosis Induced by Perforin and Granzyme B, but Not That Mediated by Whole Cytotoxic Lymphocytes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 158, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 5783-5790

  Sutton, Vivien R ^a   Vaux, David L ^b   Trapani, Joseph A ^a  

^a AUSTIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAS ANTIGEN; GRANZYME; GZMB PROTEIN, HUMAN; GZMB PROTEIN, MOUSE; GZMB PROTEIN, RAT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PERFORIN; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; GRANZYMES; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0031570536     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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