Controversies in granzyme biology

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 477-487

  Susanto, O ^a   Trapani, J A ^a,b   Brasacchio, D ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cell death; Cytotoxic lymphocytes; Granzymes

Indexed keywords

GRANZYME; GRANZYME A; GRANZYME B; GRANZYME C; GRANZYME F; GRANZYME H; GRANZYME K; GRANZYME M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXIC LYMPHOCYTE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DEATH; CYTOKINES; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GRANZYMES; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERFORIN; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 84869041611     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tan.12014     Document Type: Article

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