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Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin mediated specific non-responsiveness of human T cells.
Immunology letters - 1 Oct 1991
O'Hehir R E, Buelow R, Yssel H, Lamb J R
Abstract excerpt
Exotoxins produced by certain strains of Staphylococcus aureus are able to both stimulate and induce non-responsiveness in T cells expressing specific T cell antigen receptor V beta gene elements. The exposure of human CD4+ T cells to the appropriate enterotoxin rendered them anergic to restimulation with their natural ligand, although responsiveness to exogenous IL-2 remained intact. The loss of...
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