Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B Induces an Early and Transient State of Immunosuppression Characterized by Vβ-Unrestricted T Cell Unresponsiveness and Defective Antigen-Presenting Cell Functions

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2638-2647

  Muraille, Eric ^a   De Smedt, Thibaut ^a   Andris, Fabienne ^a   Pajak, Bernard ^a   Armant, Myriam ^a   Urbain, Jacques ^a   Moser, Muriel ^a   Leo, Oberdan ^a,b  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN B, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MITOGENIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITIC CELL; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; SPLEEN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; CELL COUNT; DENDRITIC CELLS; DOWN-REGULATION; ENTEROTOXINS; FEMALE; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MITOGENS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SPLEEN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0031569217     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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