An actin cytoskeletal barrier inhibits lytic granule release from Natural Killer cells in Chediak-Higashi syndrome

The large lytic granules in Chediak-Higashi syndrome NK cells are functional, but the actin meshwork at the immunological synapse is a barrier to their exocytosis, resulting in defective CHS NK cell degranulation and cytotoxicity. Decreasing the cortical actin density, or lytic granule size, restores the ability of LYST-deficient NK cells to degranulate and kill target cells..

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