[Superantigens and their behavior in the immune response].
Superantigens are a group of molecules produced by bacteria, viruses and parasites that stimulate T lymphocytes in a very potent way. They join the TCR-HLA complex from the outside, not through the classical peptide-bound mechanism, so that they can easily trigger the citokyne production network and produce tissue damage, they can also lead to clonal anergy over the CD4 T cell subpopulations (Th0/Th1/Th2).
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D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D008222:Lymphokines; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D018089:Superantigens