Staphylococcus aureus Toxins: An Update on Their Pathogenic Properties and Potential Treatments

N Ahmad-Mansour, P Loubet, C Pouget… - Toxins, 2021 - mdpi.com
Staphylococcus aureus is a clinically important pathogen that causes a wide range of
human infections, from minor skin infections to severe tissue infection and sepsis. S. aureus …

Staphylococcal manipulation of host immune responses

V Thammavongsa, HK Kim, D Missiakas… - Nature Reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
Staphylococcus aureus, a bacterial commensal of the human nares and skin, is a frequent
cause of soft tissue and bloodstream infections. A hallmark of staphylococcal infections is …

Superantigenic character of an insert unique to SARS-CoV-2 spike supported by skewed TCR repertoire in patients with hyperinflammation

MH Cheng, S Zhang, RA Porritt… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19 is a
newly recognized condition in children with recent severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Disease manifestations and pathogenic mechanisms of group A Streptococcus

MJ Walker, TC Barnett, JD McArthur… - Clinical microbiology …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Streptococcus pyogenes, also known as group A Streptococcus (GAS), causes mild human
infections such as pharyngitis and impetigo and serious infections such as necrotizing …

Basis of virulence in enterotoxin-mediated staphylococcal food poisoning

EL Fisher, M Otto, GYC Cheung - Frontiers in microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxins are a superfamily of secreted virulence factors that
share structural and functional similarities and possess potent superantigenic activity …

Microbiota-dependent activation of an autoreactive T cell receptor provokes autoimmunity in an immunologically privileged site

R Horai, CR Zárate-Bladés, P Dillenburg-Pilla, J Chen… - Immunity, 2015 - cell.com
Activated retina-specific T cells that have acquired the ability to break through the blood-
retinal barrier are thought to be causally involved in autoimmune uveitis, a major cause of …

Food Poisoning and Staphylococcus aureus Enterotoxins

MÁ Argudín, MC Mendoza, MR Rodicio - Toxins, 2010 - mdpi.com
Staphylococcus aureus produces a wide variety of toxins including staphylococcal
enterotoxins (SEs; SEA to SEE, SEG to SEI, SER to SET) with demonstrated emetic activity …

Mobile genetic elements of Staphylococcus aureus

N Malachowa, FR DeLeo - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2010 - Springer
Bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus are successful as commensal organisms or
pathogens in part because they adapt rapidly to selective pressures imparted by the human …

Staphylococcal enterotoxins

IV Pinchuk, EJ Beswick, VE Reyes - Toxins, 2010 - mdpi.com
Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a Gram positive bacterium that is carried by about one
third of the general population and is responsible for common and serious diseases. These …

Streptococcus Adherence and Colonization

AH Nobbs, RJ Lamont… - … and molecular biology …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
Streptococci readily colonize mucosal tissues in the nasopharynx; the respiratory,
gastrointestinal, and genitourinary tracts; and the skin. Each ecological niche presents a …