| Literature DB >> 8164737 |
D Kägi1, B Ledermann, K Bürki, P Seiler, B Odermatt, K J Olsen, E R Podack, R M Zinkernagel, H Hengartner.
Abstract
Perforin-deficient mice have been generated by homologous recombination to determine whether the effects of CD8+ cytolytic T cells and natural killer cells are mediated by pore formation involving perforin. These mice are viable and fertile and have normal numbers of CD8+ T cells and natural killer cells which do not lyse virus-infected or allogeneic fibroblasts or natural killer target cells in vitro. The mice fail to clear lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus and they eliminate fibrosarcoma tumour cells with reduced efficiency. Perforin is therefore a key effector molecule for T-cell- and natural killer-cell-mediated cytolysis.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 8164737 DOI: 10.1038/369031a0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nature ISSN: 0028-0836 Impact factor: 49.962