How do cytotoxic lymphocytes kill their targets?

被引:308
作者
Shresta, S
Pham, CTN
Thomas, DA
Graubert, TA
Ley, TJ [1 ]
机构
[1] Washington Univ, Sch Med, Dept Med, Div Bone Marrow Transplantat & Stem Cell Biol, St Louis, MO 63110 USA
[2] Washington Univ, Sch Med, Dept Genet, St Louis, MO 63110 USA
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10.1016/S0952-7915(98)80227-6
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
CD8+ cytotoxic lymphocytes, natural killer cells and lymphokine-activated killer cells depend primarily on the perforin/granzyme system to kill their targets, while CD4+ T cells utilize Fas and other mechanisms to induce cell death. The molecular mechanisms used by these pathways to induce target cell apoptosis may converge on common death substrates.
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页码:581 / 587
页数:7
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