Effect of superantigens on human thymocytes: Selective proliferation of Vβ2+ cells in response to toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 and their deletion upon secondary stimulation

International Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 203-209

  Mingari, Maria Cristina ^a,b   Cambiaggi, Anna ^a   Vitale, Chiara ^a   Schiavetti, Francesca ^a   Bellomo, Rosa ^a   Poggi, Alessandro ^a  

^a CENTRO DI BIOTECNOLOGIE AVANZATE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Superantigen; TCR V ; Thymocyte; Toxic shock syndrome toxin 1

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; SUPERANTIGEN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOCYTE; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME;

ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLONAL DELETION; CLONE CELLS; CYTOTOXICITY TESTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ENTEROTOXINS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERANTIGENS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0030052479     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/8.2.203     Document Type: Article

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