Elsevier, Immunity, 6(41), p. 873-875, 2014
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2014.12.008
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Granzyme B released by leukocytes cleaves multiple intracellular substrates required for target cell lysis. In this issue of Immunity, Prakash etal. (2014) demonstrate that granzyme B cleaves basement membrane proteins and promotes cytotoxic Tcell diapedesis into inflamed tissue. Granzyme B released by leukocytes cleaves multiple intracellular substrates required for target cell lysis. Prakash etal. demonstrate that granzyme B cleaves basement membrane proteins and promotes cytotoxic Tcell diapedesis into inflamed tissue.