Acute systemic immune activation following conjunctival exposure to staphylococcal enterotoxin B

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 6016-6019

  Rajagopalan, Govindarajan ^a   Smart, Michele K ^a   Patel, Robin ^b   David, Chella S ^a  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B; SUPERANTIGEN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONJUNCTIVA; EXPOSURE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CONJUNCTIVA; ENTEROTOXINS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC;

EID: 33749267789     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00671-06     Document Type: Article

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