Role of staphylococcal superantigens in upper airway disease

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-38

  Bachert, Claus ^a,b   Zhang, Nan ^a   Patou, Joke ^a   Van Zele, Thibaut ^a   Gevaert, Philippe ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Upper Airway Research Laboratory

Author keywords

Immunoglobulin E; Interleukin 5; Nasal polyps; Staphylococcus aureus; Superantigens

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ICOSANOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B; STAPHYLOCOCCUS TOXIN; SUPERANTIGEN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFLAMMATION; MAST CELL; NOSE POLYP; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHINOSINUSITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TH2 CELL;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENTEROTOXINS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN-5; NASAL POLYPS; SINUSITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERANTIGENS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 38049129665     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e3282f4178f     Document Type: Review

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