## Abstract The pathogenesis of the toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is only incompletely understood. We now present evidence that TSS toxin‐1 (TSST‐1), one of the superantigens produced by __Staphylococcus aureus__, induces lethal shock in D‐galactosamine sensitized mice. In this model TSS is dependent
Structural basis of T-cell specificity and activation by the bacterial superantigen TSST-1
✍ Scribed by Moza, Beenu; Varma, Ashok K; Buonpane, Rebecca A; Zhu, Penny; Herfst, Christine A; Nicholson, Melissa J; Wilbuer, Anne-Kathrin; Seth, Nilufer P; Wucherpfennig, Kai W; McCormick, John K
- Book ID
- 110031911
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 378 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0261-4189
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