03153nam a22003494a 4500 ebr10354041 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 070330s2007 dcua sb 001 0 eng 2007013806 9781555814243 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1555814247 (hardcover : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)646884966 QR186.6.S94 S875 2007eb 616.07/92 22 Superantigens [electronic resource] : molecular basis for their role in human diseases / edited by Malak Kotb and John D. Fraser. Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, c2007. xii, 263 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes bibliographical references and index. The streptococcal superantigens / John D. Fraser and Thomas Proft -- Staphylococcal and streptococcal superantigens : an update / Patrick M. Schlievert and Gregory A. Bohach -- Mycoplasma arthritidis-derived superantigen (MAM), a unique class of superantigen that bridges innate and adaptive immunity / Barry C. Cole and Hong-Hua Mu -- Viral superantigens in mice and humans / Albert K. Tai and Brigitte T. Huber -- Superantigens from gram-negative bacteria and the diseases that they cause / Takehiko Uchiyama, Tohru Miyoshi-Akiyama, and Hidehiro Ueshiba -- Superantigen architecture : functional decoration on a conserved scaffold / Vickery L. Arcus and Edward N. Baker -- Structural evidence for zinc and peptide dependence in superantigen major histocompatibility complex class II interaction / Bj�orn Walse -- Superantigens : structure, function, and diversity / Matthew D. Baker and K. Ravi Acharya -- Role of superantigens in skin disease / Sang-Hyun Cho and Donald Y.M. Leung -- Pathogenetic mechanisms and therapeutic approaches in superantigen-induced experimental autoimmune diseases / Andrej Tarkowski -- Experimental models of superantigen-mediated neuropathology / Malte E. Kornhuber ... [et al.] -- Novel experimental models for dissecting genetic susceptibility of superantigen-mediated diseases / Eva Medina -- Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in superantigen-mediated toxic shock syndrome / Anna Norrby-Teglund, Donald E. Low, and Malak Kotb -- Broad-spectrum peptide antagonists of superantigen toxins / Revital Levy ... [et al.] -- Small nonpeptide inhibitors of staphylococcal superantigen-induced cytokine production and toxic shock / Teresa Krakauer -- Countermeasures against superantigens : structure-based design of bispecific receptor mimics / Goutam Gupta and Meghan Kunkel. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Superantigens. Electronic books. local Kotb, Malak. Fraser, John D. American Society for Microbiology. ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10354041 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 33900 33900