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Staphylococcal Superantigens: Pyrogenic Toxins Induce Toxic Shock

Staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) and related superantigenic toxins produced by Staphylococcus aureus are potent activators of the immune system. These protein toxins bind to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules and specific Vβ regions of T-cell receptors (TCRs), resulting in t...

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Autor principal: Krakauer, Teresa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6468478/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30909619
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins11030178