Superantigens: A tool go gain new insight into cellular immunity

Research in Immunology

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 373-386

  Florquin, S ^a   Aaldering, L ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Staphylococcal enterotoxin; Superantigen; T lymphocyte; Times and Trends

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B; SUPERANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; ENTEROTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN B, STAPHYLOCOCCAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; APOPTOSIS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLONAL ANERGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; ANIMAL; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CLONAL ANERGY; ENTEROTOXINS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERANTIGENS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 0031283475     PISSN: 09232494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2494(97)82871-4     Document Type: Article

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