Contribution of each of four superantigens to Streptococcus equi-induced mitogenicity, gamma interferon synthesis, and immunity

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1728-1739

  Paillot, Romain ^a   Robinson, Carl ^a   Steward, Karen ^a   Wright, Nicola ^a   Jourdan, Thibaud ^a   Butcher, Nicola ^a   Heather, Zoe ^a   Waller, Andrew S ^a  

^a ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; SUPERANTIGEN; SUPERANTIGEN SEEH; SUPERANTIGEN SEEI; SUPERANTIGEN SEEM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; HORSE; IMMUNITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MITOGENICITY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SERUM; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; SUPERNATANT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; HORSES; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; SUPERANTIGENS;

EID: 77950286101     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01079-09     Document Type: Article

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