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Staphylococcal Superantigens Spark Host-Mediated Danger Signals

Staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) of Staphylococcus aureus, and related superantigenic toxins produced by myriad microbes, are potent stimulators of the immune system causing a variety of human diseases from transient food poisoning to lethal toxic shock. These protein toxins bind directly to speci...

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Autores principales: Krakauer, Teresa, Pradhan, Kisha, Stiles, Bradley G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4735405/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26870039
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2016.00023