Identification of murine T cells reactive with the bacterial superantigen Yersinia pseudotuberculosis-derived mitogen (YPM) and factors involved in YPM-induced toxicity in mice

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 345-352

  Miyoshi Akiyama, Tohru ^a   Fujimaki, Wakae ^a   Yan, Xao Jie ^a   Yagi, Junji ^a   Imanishi, Ken'ichi ^a   Kato, Hidehito ^a   Tomonari, Kyuhei ^b   Uchiyama, Takehiko ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Murine T cell; Superantigen; Yersinia pseudotuberculosis; YPM

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GALACTOSAMINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; SUPERANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUSE; SHOCK; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MURINAE; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031006752     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1997.tb01211.x     Document Type: Article

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