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Biomedicines, 2022 Staphylococcus aureus, a gram-positive bacterium, causes toxic shock through the production of superantigenic toxins (sAgs) known as Staphylococcal enterotoxins (SE), serotypes A-J (SEA, SEB, etc.), and toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1).
Nabarun Chakraborty +11 more
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mSphere, 2016 Staphylococcus aureus diseases affect ~500,000 individuals per year in the United States. Worldwide, the USA100, USA200, USA400, and USA600 lineages cause many of the life-threatening S.
Jessica M. King +4 more
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Superantigens: Gazing into the crystal ball [PDF]
, 1995 The recently determined crystal structures of complexes between bacterial toxin ‘superantigens’ and MHC class II molecules shed light on the nature of the interactions between these two ...
Hsu, Ping-Ning +3 more
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Aetiological Significance of Infectious Stimuli in Kawasaki Disease
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2019 Kawasaki disease (KD) is a pediatric vasculitis syndrome that is often involves coronary artery lesions (e. g., coronary artery aneurysms). Although its causal factors and entire pathogenesis remain elusive, the available evidence indicates that the ...
Akihiro Nakamura +3 more
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Superantigen architecture: Functional decoration on a conserved scaffold [PDF]
, 2007 A defining and consistent feature of the bacterial superantigens from Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes is their strongly conserved three-dimensional structure.
Arcus, Vickery L., Baker, Edward N.
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Toxins, 2014 Staphylococcus aureus and group A Streptococcus secrete a collection of toxins called superantigens (SAgs), so-called because they stimulate a large fraction of an individual’s T cells.
Preeti Sharma +2 more
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International Forum of Allergy &Rhinology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) exhibit heterogeneous responses to oral glucocorticoids (GCs), but the biological basis of this variability remains unclear. Objective To identify gut microbiome‒plasma metabolomic signatures associated with GC responsiveness in CRSwNP patients and to compare their ...
Ying‐Ying Zhang +7 more
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Interplay between superantigens and the immune system
, 1993 Superantigens interact with the immune system by binding to major histocompatibility complex (MHG) class II proteins and activating T cells through the variable region of the T cell receptor β-chain.
Michael J Irwin, Nicholas R J Gascoigne
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PathophysiologySuperantigens, i.e., staphylococcal enterotoxins and toxic shock syndrome toxin-1, interact with T cells in a different manner in comparison to conventional antigens.
Luigi Santacroce +6 more
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Microbiota in immune pathogenesis and the prospects for pre and probiotic dietetics in psoriasis
Biomedical Research Journal, 2015 Psoriasis is a common autoimmune inflammatory disease wherein pathogenesis is advanced by fundamental genetic predisposition/s in concert with environmental triggers.
Garima Pandey +3 more
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