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rapid caspase-independent cell death with apoptotic nuclear morphology and single-stranded
DNA nicks. Cell Death and Differentiation 2007; 14:489-499.
Zhao T, Zhang H, Guo Y, Fan Z*. Granzyme K directly processes Bid to release
cytochrome c and endonuclease G leading to mitochondria- dependent cell death. J
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Hua G, Zhang Q, Fan Z*. Heat shock protein 75 (TRAP1) antagonizes reactive oxygen
species generation and protects cells from granzyme M-mediated apoptosis. J Biol
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Hou Q, Zhao T, Zhang H, Lu H, Zhang Q, Sun L, Fan Z*. Granzyme H induces apoptosis
of target tumor cells characterized by DNA fragmentation and Bid-dependent mitochondrial
damage. Mol Immunol 2007 (In press)
Guo Y, Chen J, Zhao T, Fan Z*. Granzyme K degrades the redox/DNA repair enzyme Ape1
to trigger oxidative stress of target cells leading to cytotoxicity. Mol Immunol
2007 (In press)
Fan Z*, Yu P, Wang Y, Lee Y, Wang Y, Fu M, Liu W, Sun Y, Fu YX. NK
activation by LIGHT primes tumor specific CD8+ T cell immunity to reject established
tumors. Blood 2006; 107:1342-1351
Fan Z*, Zhang H, Zhang Q. Tumor suppressor pp32 represses cell growth by inhibiting
transcription by blocking acetylation and phosphorylation of hostone H3 and initiating
its proapoptotic activity. Cell Death AND Differentiation 2006; 13:1485-1494.
Lu H, Hou Q, Zhao T, Zhang H, Zhang Q, Fan Z*. Granzyme M directly cleaves ICAD
to unleash caspase-activated DNase leading to DNA fragmentation. J Immunol 2006;
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