Expression of T-cell receptor Vβ2 and type 1 helper T-cell-related cytokine mRNA in streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin-C-activated human peripheral blood mononuclear cells

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1104-1111

  Ohara Nemoto, Y ^a   Kaneko, M ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cytokine; streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin C; Streptococcus pyogenes; superantigen; T cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; EXOTOXIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; LYMPHOTOXIN; MESSENGER RNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0029954137     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m96-142     Document Type: Article

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