Sökning: "cytotoxic T-lymphocytes"
Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 74 avhandlingar innehållade orden cytotoxic T-lymphocytes.
11. Role of syntaxin-11 and munc18-2 in lymphocyte cytotoxic granule exocytosis
Sammanfattning : Mutations in genes required for the exocytosis of cytotoxic granules by NK cells and cytotoxic T lymphocytes are associated with early-onset familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FHL). In this project, we examined how certain missense mutations in genes encoding syntaxin-11 and Munc18-2 abolish exocytosis and cause disease. LÄS MER
12. Mechanisms of immune escape in EBV associated malignancies : Hodgkin's disease and Burkitt's lymphoma
Sammanfattning : The work presented in this thesis is focused on the analysis of the mechanisms operating in the immune escape of two Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) associated tumors: Hodgkin's Disease (HD) and Burkitt's lymphoma (BL). EBV positive HD tumor cells express at least 3 viral proteins: the EBV nuclear antigen (EBNA)1, the latent membrane proteins (LMP)1 and LMP2A. LÄS MER
13. Genetic studies of familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
Sammanfattning : The main contribution from this thesis is a refined knowledge of locus heterogeneity in familial hernophagocytic lympbohistiocytosis (FHL) and a further characterization of corresponding clinical and immunological phenotypes. Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis is a fatal autosomal recessive immune deficiency clinically characterized by fever, cytopenia, hepatosplenomegaly, and hemophagocytosis. LÄS MER
14. Activation of murine cytotoxic cells with interelukin-2 and the bacterial superantigen staphylococcal entertoxin A
Sammanfattning : Natural killer (NK) cells and T lymphocytes are the major effector cells that can recognize and kill tumor cells. NK cells have a constitutive cytotoxic activity and kill a wide spectrum of tumor cells while T cells recognize specific tumor antigens and need to be activated through their TCR to differentiate into cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) killers or T helper cells. LÄS MER
15. Mechanisms of immune escape : implications for immunotherapy against cancer
Sammanfattning : Tumor cells can be recognized and killed by cytotoxic T cells specific for certain tumor antigens. Immune mediated selection pressure along with genetic instability of tumor cells result in a growth advantage of tumor cells that acquire a less immunogenic phenotype. LÄS MER