Lack of evidence for superantigen activity of Toxoplasma gondii towards human T cells

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1023-1031

  Vallochi, A L ^a   Yamamoto, J H ^a   Schlesinger, D ^a   Machado, M A C ^a   Silveira, C ^b   Martins, M C ^b   Belfort, R ^b   Kalil, J ^a,c   Rizzo, L V ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Hospital de Transplante E J Zerbini   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Superantigen; T cell receptor; Tolerance; Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

SUPERANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PARASITOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TOXOPLASMA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MIDDLE AGED; SUPERANTIGENS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL;

EID: 0035430641     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2001000800008     Document Type: Article

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