Superantigenic Staphylococcal Exotoxins Induce T-Cell Proliferation in the Presence of Langerhans Cells or Class II–Bearing Keratinocytes and Stimulate Keratinocytes to Produce T-Cell–Activating Cytokines
Tokura Y, Yagi J, O'Malley J, Lewis J, Takigawa M, Edelson R, Tigelaar R. Superantigenic Staphylococcal Exotoxins Induce T-Cell Proliferation in the Presence of Langerhans Cells or Class II–Bearing Keratinocytes and Stimulate Keratinocytes to Produce T-Cell–Activating Cytokines. Journal Of Investigative Dermatology 1994, 102: 31-38. PMID: 8288908, DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12371727.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntigens, BacterialCell DivisionCells, CulturedCytokinesEnterotoxinsEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayEpidermal CellsEpidermisExfoliatinsFemaleHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIHumansInterferon-gammaInterleukin-1KeratinocytesLangerhans CellsLymphocyte ActivationMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred CBASpleenStaphylococcus aureusSuperantigensThymus GlandT-LymphocytesTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaConceptsStaphylococcal enterotoxin BT cell responsesLangerhans cellsT cellsExfoliative toxinAccessory cellsEnterotoxin BTumor necrosisT-cell receptor V beta gene segmentsT cell-activating cytokinesMajor histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II moleculesSuperantigen staphylococcal enterotoxin BMajor histocompatibility complex classMurine epidermal Langerhans cellsT-cell proliferative activityEpidermal Langerhans cellsSplenic T cellsT cell proliferationMurine splenic T cellsHistocompatibility complex classClass II moleculesEnzyme-linked immunosorbentBeta gene segmentsImmunostimulatory moleculesImmunomodulatory cytokines