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 influxIntranasal Exposure to Bacterial Superantigens Induces Airway Inflammation in HLA Class II Transgenic Mice
Rajagopalan G, Iijima K, Singh M, Kita H, Patel R, David C. Intranasal Exposure to Bacterial Superantigens Induces Airway Inflammation in HLA Class II Transgenic Mice. Infection And Immunity 2006, 74: 1284-1296. PMID: 16428778, PMCID: PMC1360368, DOI: 10.1128/iai.74.2.1284-1296.2006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHLA-DQ8 transgenic miceStaphylococcal enterotoxin BSystemic immune activationAirway inflammationIntranasal exposureTransgenic miceImmune activationIntranasal routeSuperantigen exotoxinsHLA class II transgenic miceHLA-DR3 transgenic miceMajor histocompatibility complex class IIBALB/c miceHistocompatibility complex class IIHLA-DR3 miceII transgenic miceInduces airway inflammationEosinophilic airway inflammationNeutrophilic airway inflammationEosinophilic inflammatory responseStreptococcal pyrogenic exotoxinMurine major histocompatibility complex class IIAirway destructionSerious infectionsC mice