2020
Contribution of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B to Staphylococcus aureus Systemic Infection
Bae J, Da F, Liu R, He L, Lv H, Fisher E, Rajagopalan G, Li M, Cheung G, Otto M. Contribution of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B to Staphylococcus aureus Systemic Infection. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2020, 223: 1766-1775. PMID: 32937658, PMCID: PMC8161638, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa584.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStaphylococcal enterotoxin BS. aureus pathogenesisCommunity-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus infectionsMethicillin-resistant S. aureus infectionsEnterotoxin BS. aureus infectionMouse infection modelDrug development strategiesCytokine stormFatal exacerbationStaphylococcus aureus systemic infectionSuperantigenic toxinsAureus infectionMajor human pathogenST59 isolatesSystemic infectionInfection modelVirulence potentialInfectionStaphylococcus aureusPathogenesisHuman pathogensSEBExacerbationIsolates
2014
The Impact of Staphylococcus aureus‐Associated Molecular Patterns on Staphylococcal Superantigen‐Induced Toxic Shock Syndrome and Pneumonia
Tilahun A, Karau M, Ballard A, Gunaratna M, Thapa A, David C, Patel R, Rajagopalan G. The Impact of Staphylococcus aureus‐Associated Molecular Patterns on Staphylococcal Superantigen‐Induced Toxic Shock Syndrome and Pneumonia. Mediators Of Inflammation 2014, 2014: 468285. PMID: 25024509, PMCID: PMC4082930, DOI: 10.1155/2014/468285.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPathogen-associated molecular patternsHLA-DQ8 transgenic miceHeat-killed Staphylococcus aureusToxic shock syndromeStaphylococcal superantigensHLA-DR3Shock syndromeMolecular patternsTransgenic miceS. aureus-derived peptidoglycanSerious S. aureus infectionsCytokine/chemokine responsesLipoteichoic acidStaphylococcal toxic shock syndromeS. aureusLife-threatening systemic diseaseAnti-inflammatory roleT cell expansionS. aureus infectionT cell proliferationToxigenic S. aureusStaphylococcus aureusAdaptive immune systemChemokine responsesSystemic disease