The bacterial superantigen streptococcal mitogenic exotoxin Z is the major immunoactive agent of Streptococcus pyogenes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2561-2569

  Unnikrishnan, Meera ^a   Altmann, Daniel M ^a   Proft, Thomas ^a   Wahid, Faisal ^a   Cohen, Jonathan ^a   Fraser, John D ^a   Sriskandan, Shiranee ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 8; LYMPHOTOXIN; STREPTOCOCCAL MITOGENIC EXOTOXIN Z; STREPTOCOCCUS ANTIGEN; SUPERANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MITOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0036721611     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.5.2561     Document Type: Article

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