2012
Chronic Exposure to Staphylococcal Superantigen Elicits a Systemic Inflammatory Disease Mimicking Lupus
Chowdhary VR, Tilahun AY, Clark CR, Grande JP, Rajagopalan G. Chronic Exposure to Staphylococcal Superantigen Elicits a Systemic Inflammatory Disease Mimicking Lupus. The Journal Of Immunology 2012, 189: 2054-2062. PMID: 22798666, PMCID: PMC3462343, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1201097.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAutoantibodiesAutoantigensAutoimmune DiseasesCD28 AntigensCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFlow CytometryFluorescent Antibody TechniqueHLA-DQ AntigensHumansInfusions, SubcutaneousLupus Erythematosus, SystemicMiceMice, TransgenicStaphylococcus aureusSuperantigensConceptsSystemic lupus erythematosusT cellsChronic exposureStaphylococcal enterotoxin BLupus erythematosusMouse MHC class II moleculesHLA-DQ8 transgenic miceMultisystem autoimmune inflammatory diseaseEnterotoxin BHLA-DQ8 miceAutoimmune inflammatory diseaseMHC class II moleculesTh1-type cytokinesMini-osmotic pumpsMononuclear cell infiltrationAnti-nuclear AbsClass II moleculesAbsence of diseaseChronic nasalIL-12Inflammatory infiltrateAutoimmune diseasesCell infiltrationInflammatory diseasesPathogenic role
2006
INTRANASAL EXPOSURE TO STAPHYLOCOCCAL ENTEROTOXIN B ELICITS AN ACUTE SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE
Rajagopalan G, Sen M, Singh M, Murali N, Nath K, Iijima K, Kita H, Leontovich A, Gopinathan U, Patel R, David C. INTRANASAL EXPOSURE TO STAPHYLOCOCCAL ENTEROTOXIN B ELICITS AN ACUTE SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE. Shock 2006, 25: 647-656. PMID: 16721274, DOI: 10.1097/01.shk.0000209565.92445.7d.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdministration, IntranasalAnimalsCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCytokinesEnterotoxinsGene Expression RegulationHLA-DR3 AntigenHumansInflammationLungMiceMice, KnockoutNeutrophil InfiltrationReceptors, Interleukin-2Receptors, Interleukin-4Signal TransductionSystemic Inflammatory Response SyndromeConceptsII transgenic miceHLA class II transgenic miceStaphylococcal enterotoxin BCD8 T cellsTransgenic miceIntranasal exposureIL-12T cellsIFN-gammaEndogenous class II moleculesSystemic inflammatory response syndromeTCR V beta 8Defective IL-12Serum IFN-gammaSystemic immune activationInflammatory response syndromeSystemic cytokine responseBronchoalveolar lavage fluidMononuclear cell infiltrationPoor immune responsePro-inflammatory cytokinesS. aureus colonizationClass II moleculesIL-4 receptorNeutrophil influx