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Induction of type 2 cytokines by a staphylococcal enterotoxin superantigen.
Journal of natural toxins - 1 Oct 1998
Ferens W A, Goff W L, Davis W C, Fox L K, Deobald C, Hamilton M J, Bohach G A
Abstract excerpt
Persistent intramammary infections of dairy cows with Staphylococcus aureus may involve immunosuppression mediated by bacterial toxins such as enterotoxins and other super-antigens (SAgs). Previously we found that stimulation of bovine PBMC with staphylococcal enterotoxin C (SEC) induced a unique phenotype of activated CD8+ T cells expressing a newly identified activation molecule, ACT3. In the present study we...
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