Evidence for involvement of superantigens in human periodontal diseases: Skewed expression of T cell receptor variable regions by gingival T cells

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 88-95

  Zadeh, H H ^a   Kreutzer, D L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gingiva; Periodontal disease; Superantigen; T cell; T cell receptor; V

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; SUPERANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTITIS; PHENOTYPE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; B-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTITIS; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SUPERANTIGENS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0030131124     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.1996.tb00341.x     Document Type: Article

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