Blimp-1 induces and Hobit maintains the cytotoxic mediator granzyme B in CD8 T cells

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 1644-1662

  Kragten, Natasja A M ^a   Behr, Felix M ^a   Vieira Braga, Felipe A ^a   Remmerswaal, Ester B M ^a   Wesselink, Thomas H ^a   Oja, Anna E ^a   Hombrink, Pleun ^a   Kallies, Axel ^b,c   van Lier, Rene A W ^a   Stark, Regina ^a   van Gisbergen, Klaas P J M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blimp 1; CD8 + T cells; Cytotoxicity; Granzyme B; Hobit

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE INDUCED MATURATION PROTEIN 1; CELL PROTEIN; GRANZYME B; HOBIT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GRANZYME; GZMB PROTEIN, MOUSE; PRDM1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PRDM1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZFP683 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DOWN REGULATION; EFFECTOR CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; MRNA EXPRESSION LEVEL; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRANZYMES; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NATURAL KILLER T-CELLS; POSITIVE REGULATORY DOMAIN I-BINDING FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 85052499360     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201847771     Document Type: Article

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