Article
Perforin deficiency impairs a critical immunoregulatory loop involving murine CD8+ T cells and dendritic cells
10 May 2013
Abstract excerpt
Humans and mice with impaired perforin-dependent cytotoxic function may develop excessive T-cell activation and the fatal disorder hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) after infection. Though cytotoxic lymphocytes can kill antigen-presenting cells, the physiological mechanism of perforin-mediated immune regulation has never been demonstrated in a disease-relevant context. We used a murine model of HLH to...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
