BACTERIAL SUPERANTIGENS - PATHOGENIC AGEN TS OR THERAPEUTIC TOOLS

Authors
THIBODEAU J CROTEAU G LABRECQUE N SEKALY RP
Citation
J. Thibodeau et al., BACTERIAL SUPERANTIGENS - PATHOGENIC AGEN TS OR THERAPEUTIC TOOLS, MS. Medecine sciences, 9(5), 1993, pp. 605-613
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Journal title
MS. Medecine sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
07670974
Volume
9
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
605 - 613
Database
ISI
SICI code
0767-0974(1993)9:5<605:BS-PAT>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxins are one of the major cause of food poisoning in man and these molecules are superantigens. They greatly a ffect the immune system and might be responsible for the development o f autoimmune diseases. These toxins however could be used as therapeut ics in many pathologies.