Article
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...
Topics
- Animals
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes
- Cattle
- Cell Division
- Cells, Cultured
- Enterotoxins
- Female
- Interleukin-10
- Interleukin-4
- Mastitis, Bovine
- Phenotype
- RNA, Messenger
- Staphylococcal Infections
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Superantigens
