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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Rekha Meyer
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-7764 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Immunity 20070531 6
Although activated murine NK cells can use the granule exocytosis pathway to kill target cells immediately upon recognition, resting murine NK cells are minimally cytotoxic for unknown reasons. Here, we showed that resting NK cells contained abundant granzyme A, but little granzyme B or perforin; in contrast, the mRNAs for all three genes were abundant. Cytokine-induced in vitro activation of NK cells resulted in potent cytotoxicity associated with a dramatic increase in granzyme B and perforin, ...[more]