About the Book
Viral Superantigens is the first complete review of this new area of study. Edited by a leading researcher and authored by a distinguished team of contributors, this comprehensive analysis covers every aspect of viral superantigens and related subjects, including critical topics such as effects on the T cell repertoire and viral superantigen-mediated diseases. This book brings readers up to date on progress in understanding viral superantigens and focuses on the interplay between viruses producing superantigens and the immune system. Immunologists and virologists, clinical practitioners, and graduate students will find this book an invaluable resource to encourage further advances in research.
Table of Contents:
Viral Superantigens: An Overview, K. Tomonari, Mouse Mammary Tumor Virus Superantigens, Viral Superantigen-Mediated Negative Selection, C. Morishima and A.M. Pullen, Endogenous and Exogenous Mouse Mammary Tumor Viruses in Various Strains of Inbred Mice: Complexity of the Mtv44 Genome, S.P Fairchild, O.A. Rosenwasser, and K. Tomonari, Vb5- and Vb17a(cz)-Specific Superantigens Encoded by Mouse Mammary Tumor Viruses: Rules and Exceptions in the Specificity, K. Tomonari, S.P. Fairchild, and O.A. Rosenwasser, Specificity of Superantigens Encoded by Mouse Mammary Tumor Viruses and Their Primary Structures, O.A. Rosenwasser, S.P. Fairchild, and K. Tomonari, The Importance of the Membrane Proximal Region of the Mouse Mammary Tumor Virus-Encoded Superantigen in T Cell Activation, S. Kimura, M. Okamoto, and M. Katagiri, Mouse Mammary Tumor Virus Expression in B Cells: Transcriptional Adaptation and the Viral Life Cycle, S. Doerre and R.B. Corley, The Role of Endogenous Mtv Loci in Resistance to MMTV-Induced Mammary Tumors, S.R. Ross and T.V. Golovkina, Exogenous Mouse Mammary Tumor Viruses, Y. Yoshikai, Y. Ando, N. Niimi, and W. Wajjwalku, T Cell Responses to Viral Superantigens, S.R. Webb and K.A. Hayden, The T Cell Receptor Vb-Specific Positive Selection: Importance of the CDR4, K. Tomonari, O.A. Rosenwasser, and S.P. Fairchild, Viral Superantigens as a Model for T Cell Selection and Activation, A.V. Chervonsky and C.A. Janeway, Jr. , Rabies Virus Superantigen, M. Lafon, Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Superantigen, HIV-1 gp120: An Immunoglobulin Superantigen, L.A. Goodglick, G.M. Aldrovandi, J.A. Zack, and J. Braun, The T Cell Receptor Repertoire in Virally Induced Immunodeficiencies, G. Silvestri, H. Soudeyns, F. Denis, and R.P. Sékaly, Murine Leukemia Virus and Superantigen, Is a Superantigen Involved in the Pathogenesis of MAIDS? A.W. Hügin et al., Viral Superantigens and Disease, Influence of the Mtv Superantigen of B Cell Lymph
