 Superantigens
"Superantigens" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Microbial antigens that have in common an extremely potent activating effect on T-cells that bear a specific variable region. Superantigens cross-link the variable region with class II MHC proteins regardless of the peptide binding in the T-cell receptor's pocket. The result is a transient expansion and subsequent death and anergy of the T-cells with the appropriate variable regions.
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D018089
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D23.050.820
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| 1993 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1994 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1997 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1999 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2001 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Superantigens" by people in Profiles.
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Marrack P. Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior Isn't Necessarily a Bad Thing. Annu Rev Immunol. 2020 04 26; 38:1-21.
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Trikha A, Kingdom T. Chronic Rhinosinusitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2015 Sep-Oct; 3(5):821-2; quiz 823.
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Salgado-Pabón W, Breshears L, Spaulding AR, Merriman JA, Stach CS, Horswill AR, Peterson ML, Schlievert PM. Superantigens are critical for Staphylococcus aureus Infective endocarditis, sepsis, and acute kidney injury. mBio. 2013 Aug 20; 4(4).
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Spaulding AR, Salgado-Pabón W, Kohler PL, Horswill AR, Leung DY, Schlievert PM. Staphylococcal and streptococcal superantigen exotoxins. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2013 Jul; 26(3):422-47.
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Lin YC, Anderson MJ, Kohler PL, Strandberg KL, Olson ME, Horswill AR, Schlievert PM, Peterson ML. Proinflammatory exoprotein characterization of toxic shock syndrome Staphylococcus aureus. Biochemistry. 2011 Aug 23; 50(33):7157-67.
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Benson MA, Lilo S, Wasserman GA, Thoendel M, Smith A, Horswill AR, Fraser J, Novick RP, Shopsin B, Torres VJ. Staphylococcus aureus regulates the expression and production of the staphylococcal superantigen-like secreted proteins in a Rot-dependent manner. Mol Microbiol. 2011 Aug; 81(3):659-75.
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Wilson CC, McKinney D, Anders M, MaWhinney S, Forster J, Crimi C, Southwood S, Sette A, Chesnut R, Newman MJ, Livingston BD. Development of a DNA vaccine designed to induce cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses to multiple conserved epitopes in HIV-1. J Immunol. 2003 Nov 15; 171(10):5611-23.
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Hildeman DA, Zhu Y, Mitchell TC, Bouillet P, Strasser A, Kappler J, Marrack P. Activated T cell death in vivo mediated by proapoptotic bcl-2 family member bim. Immunity. 2002 Jun; 16(6):759-67.
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Stuyt RJ, Netea MG, Kim SH, Novick D, Rubinstein M, Kullberg BJ, Van der Meer JW, Dinarello CA. Differential roles of interleukin-18 (IL-18) and IL12 for induction of gamma interferon by staphylococcal cell wall components and superantigens. Infect Immun. 2001 Aug; 69(8):5025-30.
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Goehler LE, Gaykema RP, Hansen MK, Kleiner JL, Maier SF, Watkins LR. Staphylococcal enterotoxin B induces fever, brain c-Fos expression, and serum corticosterone in rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2001 May; 280(5):R1434-9.
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