| Literature DB >> 16177395 |
Teresa Krakauer1, Stephen F Little, Bradley G Stiles.
Abstract
Various in vitro effects of staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) on human peripheral blood mononuclear cells were mitigated by Bacillus anthracis edema toxin. In particular, levels of some SEB-induced cytokines (tumor necrosis factor alpha, gamma interferon) and chemokines (monocyte chemoattractant protein 1, macrophage inflammatory protein 1 alpha [MIP-1alpha], MIP-1beta) were significantly diminished or even nonexistent, depending upon the timing of edema toxin administration. Overall, these results suggest a novel use of B. anthracis edema toxin against a bacterial superantigen.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16177395 PMCID: PMC1230970 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.10.7069-7073.2005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441