Staphylococcal food poisoning (SFP) is one of the most common food-borne diseases and
results from the ingestion of staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) preformed in food by …

Staphylococcal enterotoxins are a wide family of bacterial exotoxins with the capacity to
activate as much as 20% of the host T cells, which is why they were called superantigens …

Staphylococcus aureus superantigens (SAgs) are among the most potent T cell mitogens
known. They stimulate large fractions of T cells by cross-linking their T cell receptor with …

Peptidoglycan recognition proteins (PGRP) are pattern recognition receptors that can bind
or hydrolyse peptidoglycan (PGN). Four human PGRP have been described: PGRP‐S …

Staphylococcal food poisoning is a disease that originates significant health and economic
losses and is caused by Staphylococcus aureus strains able to produce enterotoxins. The …

Proteins are typically represented by discrete atomic coordinates providing an accessible
framework to describe different conformations. However, in some fields proteins are more …

T cells are crucial players in cell-mediated immunity. The specificity of their receptor, the T
cell receptor (TCR), is central for the immune system to distinguish foreign from host …

Bacterial superantigens (SAgs) are exotoxins produced mainly by Staphylococcus aureus
and Streptococcus pyogenes that can cause toxic shock syndrome (TSS). According to …

Chagas disease is an endemic chronic parasitosis in Latin America affecting more than 7
million people. Around 100 million people are currently at risk of acquiring the infection; …

Bacterial superantigens (SAgs) are enterotoxins that bind to MHC-II and TCR molecules,
activating as much as 20% of the T cell population and promoting a cytokine storm which …