title: Clarifying the mechanism of superantigen toxicity.
authors.affiliation: The Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery and School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. jd.fraser@auckland.ac.nz
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Fraser
mesh_terms: D017951:Antigen Presentation; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology / Q000633:toxicity*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000276:immunology / Q000633:toxicity*; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000276:immunology / Q000633:toxicity; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000276:immunology; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000276:immunology; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000276:immunology; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000276:immunology / Q000472:pathogenicity; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000276:immunology / Q000472:pathogenicity; D018089:Superantigens / Q000633:toxicity*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004768:Enterotoxins; C508594:IL2 protein, human; D007376:Interleukin-2; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D018089:Superantigens; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; C026066:enterotoxin A, Staphylococcal; C031818:enterotoxin B, staphylococcal; D007371:Interferon-gamma