Role of staphylococcal superantigens in airway disease

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 304-314

  Huvenne, Wouter ^a   Hellings, Peter W ^b   Bachert, Claus ^a,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthma; Inflammation; Staphylococcus aureus; Superantigen; Upper and lower airways

Indexed keywords

EOTAXIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 12P40; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 8; LIPOXYGENASE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MESSENGER RNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; SUBSTANCE P; SUPERANTIGEN; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ACCESSORY CELL; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EOSINOPHIL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FOOD ALLERGY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTRINSIC ASTHMA; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE; MAST CELL; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; NOSE POLYP; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN INFILTRATE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH2 CELL; CELL INTERACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ASTHMA; ENTEROTOXINS; HUMANS; METAGENOME; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERANTIGENS;

EID: 84877856267     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000350329     Document Type: Review

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