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In our previous study, we demonstrated that a T-box transcription factor, Eomesodermin (Eomes), may play important roles in activating the perforin pathway besides inducing perforin and granzyme B mRNA expression. In this study, we identified natural killer cell group 7 sequence (Nkg7), a molecule induced by Eomes, to be found critical for perforin-dependent cytolysis. Nkg7 mRNA expression in leukocytes from normal mice was mainly restricted to cells with cytotoxicity such as NK cells, NKT cells, and activated CD8+ T cells. The cytolytic activity of NK cells or CD8+ CTLs from Nkg7-deficient mice against Fas-negative target cells was reduced significantly, whereas Fas ligand\u2013mediated cytolysis by Nkg7-deficient CTLs was not impaired. Further, translocation of granule membrane protein CD107a to the cell surface upon CD3 stimulation was defective in CD8+ CTLs from Nkg7 knockout, whereas surface induction of another granule membrane protein, CD63, was almost normal. In addition, analyses of lytic granules in CTLs by electron microscopy revealed that the number of lytic granules with dense cores was significantly reduced in Nkg7-knockout CTLs. 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