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SUBMITTER: Clayberger C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3370151 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Clayberger Carol C Finn Michael W MW Wang Tianhong T Saini Reena R Saini Reena R Wilson Christine C Barr Valarie A VA Sabatino Marianna M Castiello Luciano L Stroncek David D Krensky Alan M AM
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 20120514 12
Granulysin is expressed as two isoforms by human cytotoxic cells: a single mRNA gives rise to 15 kDa granulysin, a portion of which is cleaved to a 9 kDa protein. Studies with recombinant 9 kDa granulysin have demonstrated its cytolytic and proinflammatory properties, but much less is known about the biologic function of the 15 kDa isoform. In this study, we show that the subcellular localization and functions of 9 and 15 kDa granulysin are largely distinct. Nine kilodalton granulysin is confine ...[more]