Granzymes are essential for natural killer cell-mediated and perf-facilitated tumor control

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2881-2886

  Pardo, Julián ^a   Balkow, Sandra ^b   Anel, Alberto ^a   Simon, Markus M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Granzyme; Natural killer cell; Tumor growth

Indexed keywords

GRANZYME A; GRANZYME B; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; PERFORIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CELL DEATH; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; EXOCYTOSIS; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALS; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; GRANZYMES; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0036773613     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(2002010)32:10<2881::AID-IMMU2881>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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