Defense against biologic warfare with superantigen toxins

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 520-523

  Kaempfer, Raymond ^a   Arad, Gila ^a   Levy, Revital ^a   Hillman, Dalia ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antagonist peptide; Incapacitation; Superantigen; T cell activation; Toxic shock

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ANTIGENS; CELLS; GENES; TOXICITY;

BIOLOGIC WARFARE; SUPERANTIGENS;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

ANTIDOTE; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYTOKINE; DEXTRO ALANINE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PEPTIDE ANTAGONIST; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B; SUPERANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1; TRIFLUOROACETIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DNA HELIX; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INHIBITION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNITY; IN VIVO STUDY; LETHALITY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; ENTEROTOXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SUPERANTIGENS;

EID: 0036301812     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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