Superantigens

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 65-71

  Saloga, Joachim ^a,b,c   Gelfand, Erwin W ^b   Knop, Jürgen ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anergy; Atopic dermatitis; Deletion; Inflammation; Keratinocytes; Langerhans' cells; MHC class II; Psoriasis; Skin; Staphylococcal enterotoxins; Superantigens; Suppression; T cell receptor (V )

Indexed keywords

SUPERANTIGEN;

HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HLA-D ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MICE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SKIN DISEASES; SUPERANTIGENS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0029989662     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.1996.tb00096.x     Document Type: Review

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