Therefore, it seems unlikely that pRB directly regulates GrB promoter in breast cancers; it is more likely that the overexpression of pRB mediates senescent arrest and/or terminal differentiation (Hinds and Weinberg, 1994; Xu et al, 1997), resulting in endo-GrB expression that occurs prior to the onset of the postsenescent apoptosis of the tumour cells. Here, GZMB is linked to breast cancer.