2017
Passive therapy with humanized anti-staphylococcal enterotoxin B antibodies attenuates systemic inflammatory response and protects from lethal pneumonia caused by staphylococcal enterotoxin B-producing Staphylococcus aureus
Karau M, Tilahun M, Krogman A, Osborne B, Goldsby R, David C, Mandrekar J, Patel R, Rajagopalan G. Passive therapy with humanized anti-staphylococcal enterotoxin B antibodies attenuates systemic inflammatory response and protects from lethal pneumonia caused by staphylococcal enterotoxin B-producing Staphylococcus aureus. Virulence 2017, 8: 1148-1159. PMID: 27925510, PMCID: PMC5711449, DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2016.1267894.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHLA-DR3 transgenic miceSystemic inflammatory responseOnset of infectionLethal pneumoniaTransgenic miceInflammatory responseB antibodiesHLA class II transgenic miceStrong systemic immune responsePolyclonal human IgGII transgenic miceRobust T cell activationSystemic immune responsesPro-inflammatory cytokinesLethal toxic shockAnti-toxin antibodiesToxigenic Staphylococcus aureusHuman IgGS. aureusStaphylococcus aureusT cell activationAnti-SEB antibodiesStaphylococcal enterotoxin BConventional mouse strainsProphylactic administration
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