Early activation events differentiate the reactivity of two T-cell families to Staphylococcus enterotoxin A.

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Analysis of early activation events in two SEA responsive T-cell families demonstrated that low doses of SEA induced CD4+Vbeta22 T-cells to down-regulate their TCR and express CD69, considerably earlier than CD4+Vbeta5 T-cells. The rapid down-regulation of Vbeta22 TCR led to its proliferation, whereas even a 10-fold higher dose of toxin induced only a partial down-regulation of Vbeta5 TCR. Stimulation with SEA...

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