Antigen-induced cell death of T effector cells in vitro proceeds via the Fas pathway, requires endogenous interferon-γ and is independent of perforin and granzymes

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2490-2499

  Sobek, Vera ^a   Balkow, Sandra ^a   Körner, Heinrich ^b   Simon, Markus M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antigen induced cell death; Fas; Granzyme; IFN ; Perforin

Indexed keywords

FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANZYME A; GRANZYME B; INTERFERON ANTIBODY; PERFORIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; EFFECTOR CELL; EXOCYTOSIS; GENE MUTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYCLONAL ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, CD95; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; APOPTOSIS; CONCANAVALIN A; EXOCYTOSIS; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; GRANZYMES; INTERFERON TYPE II; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0036740213     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200209)32:9<2490::AID-IMMU2490>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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