Granzymes, cytotoxic granules and cell death: The early work of Dr. Jurg Tschopp

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-27

  Trapani, J A ^a,b,c  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c VICTORIAN COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

CTL; cytotoxic granule; granzyme; lymphocyte; NK cell; perforin

Indexed keywords

GRANZYME; PERFORIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

CELL DEATH; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; EXOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; TARGET CELL;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; EXOCYTOSIS; GRANZYMES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; PERFORIN; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 84856712612     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: 14765403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2011.156     Document Type: Review

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