Molecular mimicry and autoimmunity in the time of COVID-19

M Rojas, M Herrán, C Ramírez-Santana… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Infectious diseases are commonly implicated as potential initiators of autoimmune diseases
(ADs) and represent the most commonly known factor in the development of autoimmunity in …

[HTML][HTML] Biological toxins as the potential tools for bioterrorism

E Janik, M Ceremuga, J Saluk-Bijak… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Biological toxins are a heterogeneous group produced by living organisms. One dictionary
defines them as “Chemicals produced by living organisms that have toxic properties for …

The bacterial superantigen and superantigen‐like proteins

JD Fraser, T Proft - Immunological reviews, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The bacterial superantigens are protein toxins that bind to major histocompatibility complex
class II and T‐cell receptor to stimulate large numbers of T cells. The majority are produced …

Gram-positive toxic shock syndromes

E Lappin, AJ Ferguson - The Lancet infectious diseases, 2009 - thelancet.com
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is an acute, multi-system, toxin-mediated illness, often resulting
in multi-organ failure. It represents the most fulminant expression of a spectrum of diseases …

Narcolepsy is strongly associated with the T-cell receptor alpha locus

J Hallmayer, J Faraco, L Lin, S Hesselson… - Nature …, 2009 - nature.com
Narcolepsy with cataplexy, characterized by sleepiness and rapid onset into REM sleep,
affects 1 in 2,000 individuals,. Narcolepsy was first shown to be tightly associated with HLA …

[HTML][HTML] Butyrophilin-like 3 directly binds a human Vγ4+ T cell receptor using a modality distinct from clonally-restricted antigen

CR Willcox, P Vantourout, M Salim, I Zlatareva… - Immunity, 2019 - cell.com
Butyrophilin (BTN) and butyrophilin-like (BTNL/Btnl) heteromers are major regulators of
human and mouse γδ T cell subsets, but considerable contention surrounds whether they …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple Roles of Staphylococcus aureus Enterotoxins: Pathogenicity, Superantigenic Activity, and Correlation to Antibiotic Resistance

E Ortega, H Abriouel, R Lucas, A Gálvez - Toxins, 2010 - mdpi.com
Heat-stable enterotoxins are the most notable virulence factors associated with
Staphylococcus aureus, a common pathogen associated with serious community and …

Defining and studying B cell receptor and TCR interactions

CG Rappazzo, ML Fernández-Quintero… - The Journal of …, 2023 - journals.aai.org
Abstract BCRs (Abs) and TCRs (or adaptive immune receptors [AIRs]) are the means by
which the adaptive immune system recognizes foreign and self-antigens, playing an integral …

Molecular genetics of the swine major histocompatibility complex, the SLA complex

JK Lunney, CS Ho, M Wysocki, DM Smith - Developmental & Comparative …, 2009 - Elsevier
The swine major histocompatibility complex (MHC) or swine leukocyte antigen (SLA)
complex is one of the most gene-dense regions in the swine genome. It consists of three …

The innate biologies of adaptive antigen receptors

AC Hayday, P Vantourout - Annual Review of Immunology, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Nonclonal innate immune responses mediated by germ line–encoded receptors, such as
Toll-like receptors or natural killer receptors, are commonly contrasted with diverse …