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Dennis Keefe

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Keefe D, Hess D, Bosco J, Tzartos S, Powell J, Lamsa J, et al.
Cytometry B Clin Cytom . 2008 Oct; 76(3):206-12. PMID: 18825779
Background: Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease affecting approximately 40,000 patients in the United States. One of the major mechanisms of disease pathology in MG is the binding, internalization,...
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Zhu P, Zhang D, Chowdhury D, Martinvalet D, Keefe D, Shi L, et al.
EMBO Rep . 2006 Jan; 7(4):431-7. PMID: 16440001
Granzyme A (GzmA) induces caspase-independent cell death with morphological features of apoptosis. Here, we show that GzmA at nanomolar concentrations cleaves Ku70, a key double-strand break repair (DSBR) protein, in...
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Keefe D, Shi L, Feske S, Massol R, Navarro F, Kirchhausen T, et al.
Immunity . 2005 Sep; 23(3):249-62. PMID: 16169498
Perforin delivers granzymes to induce target-cell apoptosis. At high concentrations, perforin multimerizes in the plasma membrane to form pores. However, whether granzymes enter target cells via membrane pores is uncertain....
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Shi L, Keefe D, Durand E, Feng H, Zhang D, Lieberman J
J Immunol . 2005 Apr; 174(9):5456-61. PMID: 15843543
Perforin (PFN) delivery of granzymes (Gzm) into the target cell at the immunological synapse is the major pathway for inducing apoptosis of virus-infected cells and tumors. A validated model for...