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Up-regulation of granzyme B and perforin by staphylococcal enterotoxin C2 mutant induces enhanced cytotoxicity in Hepa1-6 cells.
Toxicology and applied pharmacology - 15 Dec 2016
Zhang Guojun, Xu Mingkai, Zhang Huiwen, Song Yubo, Wang Jian, Zhang Chenggang
Abstract excerpt
Staphylococcal enterotoxin C2 (SEC2), a member of bacterial superantigen, is one of the most potent known activators of T lymphocytes. With this property, SEC2 has already been used in clinic as a tumor immunotherapy agent in China. To increase the antitumor activity, a SEC2 mutant named ST-4 (GKVTG102-106WWH) with amino acid substitutions in T cell receptor (TCR)-binding domain was generated by site-directed...
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