Superantigens increase the survival of mice bearing T cell lymphomas by inducing apoptosis of neoplastic cells.

Superantigens bind to major histocompatibility complex class II molecules and interact with T cells expressing a particular T cell receptor Vβ inducing a strong proliferation/deletion response of the superantigen-reactive T cells. However, there have been no attempts to investigate the ability of Sa...

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Main Authors: Juliana Mundiñano, Paula M Berguer, Gabriel Cabrera, Daniela Lorenzo, Irene Nepomnaschy, Isabel Piazzon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3008744?pdf=render