Granule exocytosis is the main pathway for the immune elimination of virus-infected cells and tumour cells by cytotoxic T lymphocytes and natural killer cells. After target-cell recognition, release of the cytotoxic granule contents into the immunological synapse formed between the killer cell and its target induces apoptosis. The granules contain two membrane-perturbing proteins, perforin and granulysin, and a family of serine proteases known as granzymes, complexed with the proteoglycan serglycin. In this review, I discuss recent insights into the mechanisms of granule-mediated cytotoxicity, focusing on how granzymes A, Band C and granulysin activate cell death through caspase-independent pathways.
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NYU, Sch Med, Dept Pathol, Skirball Inst Biomol Med,Program Mol Pathogenesis, New York, NY 10016 USANYU, Sch Med, Dept Pathol, Skirball Inst Biomol Med,Program Mol Pathogenesis, New York, NY 10016 USA
Dustin, ML
Colman, DR
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NYU, Sch Med, Dept Pathol, Skirball Inst Biomol Med,Program Mol Pathogenesis, New York, NY 10016 USANYU, Sch Med, Dept Pathol, Skirball Inst Biomol Med,Program Mol Pathogenesis, New York, NY 10016 USA
Dustin, ML
Colman, DR
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机构:NYU, Sch Med, Dept Pathol, Skirball Inst Biomol Med,Program Mol Pathogenesis, New York, NY 10016 USA