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Nature Immunology  4, 106 - 108 (2003)
doi:10.1038/ni0203-106

Granzyme A: the road less traveled

Michael J. Pinkoski & Douglas R. Green

Division of Cellular Immunology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, San Diego, CA 92121, USA. michael@liai.org & doug@liai.org

Cellular parasites have evolved clever anti-apoptosis strategies to avoid being killed by CTLs. However, CTL release of granzyme A inactivates a key repair enzyme, Ape1, ensuring death of infected cells.

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REFERENCE
Immunological Cytotoxic Factors
Nature Encyclopaedia of Life Sciences

REVIEWS
Cell death and immunity: The ABCs of granule-mediated cytotoxicity: new weapons in the arsenal
Nature Reviews Immunology Review (01 May 2003)
Cytotoxic t lymphocytes: all roads lead to death
Nature Reviews Immunology Review Article (01 Jun 2002)

RESEARCH
Cleaving the oxidative repair protein Ape1 enhances cell death mediated by granzyme A
Nature Immunology Article (01 Feb 2003)
Dependence of granzyme B-mediated cell death on a pathway regulated by Bcl-2 or its viral homolog, BHRF1
Cell Death and Differentiation Original Article (02 Oct 2000)

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