Structural basis of T‐cell specificity and activation by the bacterial superantigen TSST‐1

B Moza, AK Varma, RA Buonpane, P Zhu… - The EMBO …, 2007 - embopress.org
Superantigens (SAGs) bind simultaneously to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and T‐
cell receptor (TCR) molecules, resulting in the massive release of inflammatory cytokines …

A novel loop domain in superantigens extends their T cell receptor recognition site

S Günther, AK Varma, B Moza, KJ Kasper… - Journal of molecular …, 2007 - Elsevier
Superantigens (SAGs) interact with host immune receptors to induce a massive release of
inflammatory cytokines that can lead to toxic shock syndrome and death. Bacterial SAGs can …

Functional analysis of the TCR binding domain of toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 predicts further diversity in MHC class II/superantigen/TCR ternary complexes

JK McCormick, TJ Tripp, AS Llera… - The Journal of …, 2003 - journals.aai.org
Superantigens (SAGs) aberrantly alter immune system function through simultaneous
interaction with lateral surfaces of MHC class II molecules on APCs and with particular …

[HTML][HTML] The structure of superantigen complexed with TCR and MHC reveals novel insights into superantigenic T cell activation

M Saline, KEJ Rödström, G Fischer, VY Orekhov… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Superantigens (SAgs) are bacterial toxins that interact with immunoreceptors, T cell receptor
(TCR) and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II, conventionally through the …

Novel insights into the immune response to bacterial T cell superantigens

SW Tuffs, K Dufresne, A Rishi, NR Walton… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Bacterial T cell superantigens (SAgs) are a family of microbial exotoxins that function to
activate large numbers of T cells simultaneously. SAgs activate T cells by direct binding and …

The structural basis of T cell activation by superantigens

H Li, A Llera, EL Malchiodi… - Annual review of …, 1999 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Superantigens (SAGs) are a class of immunostimulatory and disease-causing
proteins of bacterial or viral origin with the ability to activate large fractions (5–20%) of the T …

Structures of two streptococcal superantigens bound to TCR β chains reveal diversity in the architecture of T cell signaling complexes

EJ Sundberg, H Li, AS Llera, JK McCormick, J Tormo… - Structure, 2002 - cell.com
Superantigens (SAGs) crosslink MHC class II and TCR molecules, resulting in an
overstimulation of T cells associated with human disease. SAGs interact with several …

So many ways of getting in the way: diversity in the molecular architecture of superantigen-dependent T-cell signaling complexes

EJ Sundberg, Y Li, RA Mariuzza - Current opinion in immunology, 2002 - Elsevier
Superantigens (SAGs) elicit massive T-cell proliferation through simultaneous interaction
with MHC and TCR molecules. SAGs have been implicated in toxic shock syndrome and …

The T cell receptor β-chain second complementarity determining region loop (CDR2β) governs T cell activation and Vβ specificity by bacterial superantigens

AKMN Rahman, DA Bonsor, CA Herfst, F Pollard… - Journal of Biological …, 2011 - ASBMB
Superantigens (SAgs) are microbial toxins defined by their ability to activate T lymphocytes
in a T cell receptor (TCR) β-chain variable domain (Vβ)-specific manner. Although existing …

Crystallographic and mutational data show that the streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin J can use a common binding surface for T-cell receptor binding and dimerization

HM Baker, T Proft, PD Webb, VL Arcus… - Journal of Biological …, 2004 - ASBMB
The protein toxins known as superantigens (SAgs), which are expressed primarily by the
pathogenic bacteria Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes, are highly potent …