Association of Erythrodermic Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma, Superantigen-Positive Staphylococcus aureus, and Oligoclonal T-Cell Receptor Vβ Gene Expansion

The Staphylococcal Enterotoxins and Their Relatives

1990 • 1,914 citations

Methods of multilocus enzyme electrophoresis for bacterial population genetics and systematics

1986 • 1,415 citations

Treatment of Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma by Extracorporeal Photochemotherapy

1987 • 1,177 citations

Interaction of Staphylococcus aureus toxin "superantigens" with human T cells.

1989 • 1,000 citations

Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphomas: The Sézary Syndrome, Mycosis Fungoides, and Related Disorders

1975 • 654 citations

Evidence for the Effects of a Superantigen in Rheumatoid Arthritis

1991 • 632 citations

Three-dimensional structure of a human class II histocompatibility molecule complexed with superantigen

1994 • 585 citations

Presence of IgE antibodies to staphylococcal exotoxins on the skin of patients with atopic dermatitis. Evidence for a new group of allergens.

1993 • 525 citations

Autoimmune Diseases: The Failure of Self Tolerance

1990 • 495 citations

Detection of genes for enterotoxins, exfoliative toxins, and toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 in Staphylococcus aureus by the polymerase chain reaction

1991 • 493 citations

Toxic shock syndrome toxin-secreting Staphylococcus aureus in Kawasaki syndrome

1993 • 372 citations

Selective expansion of T cells expressing T-cell receptor variable regions V beta 2 and V beta 8 in Kawasaki disease.

1992 • 359 citations

Specific detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus species by multiplex PCR

1995 • 310 citations

Limited T-cell receptor beta-chain heterogeneity among interleukin 2 receptor-positive synovial T cells suggests a role for superantigen in rheumatoid arthritis.

1991 • 297 citations

Class II MHC Molecules Are Specific Receptors for Staphylococcus Enterotoxin A

1989 • 267 citations

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome— Associated Psoriasis and Reiter's Syndrome

1987 • 263 citations

Clonal analysis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains from intercontinental sources: association of the mec gene with divergent phylogenetic lineages implies dissemination by horizontal transfer and recombination

1992 • 241 citations

Mycosis fungoides—a disease of antigen persistence

1974 • 241 citations

The Histologic Spectrum of Mycosis Fungoides/Sézary Syndrome (Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma)

1994 • 234 citations

CD8+ T cells in psoriatic lesions preferentially use T-cell receptor V beta 3 and/or V beta 13.1 genes.

1994 • 233 citations

A Potential Role for Superantigens in the Pathogenesis of Psoriasis

1993 • 201 citations

Superantigenic exotoxin-secreting potential of staphylococci isolated from atopic eczematous skin

1993 • 199 citations

Sézary syndrome: Diagnosis, prognosis, and critical review of treatment options

1990 • 167 citations

A novel superantigen isolated from pathogenic strains of Streptococcus pyogenes with aminoterminal homology to staphylococcal enterotoxins B and C.

1993 • 157 citations

The cutaneous T cell lymphoma, mycosis fungoides, is a human T cell lymphotropic virus-associated disease. A study of 50 patients.

1995 • 149 citations

Superantigens: Biology, immunology, and potential role in disease

1992 • 142 citations

Dermatologic Changes Associated With Interleukin 2 Administration

1987 • 142 citations

Progression of Mycosis Fungoides Is Associated with Increasing Cutaneous Expression of Interleukin-10 mRNA

1996 • 135 citations

Photopheresis therapy for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

1996 • 130 citations

Staphylococcal exotoxin activation of T cells. Role of exotoxin-MHC class II binding affinity and class II isotype.

1991 • 130 citations

HLA-DR5 and DQB1*03 Class II Alleles Are Associated With Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma

1996 • 108 citations

Stimulation of Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma Cells with Superantigenic Staphylococcal Toxins

1992 • 101 citations

Profound Deficiency in Normal Circulating T Cells in Erythrodermic Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma

1994 • 101 citations

Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma in association with silicone breast implants

1995 • 94 citations

Cutaneous colonization with staphylococci influences the disease activity of Sézary syndrome: a potential role for bacterial superantigens

2006 • 89 citations

Cytokine loops involving interferon-gamma and IP-10, a cytokine chemotactic for CD4+ lymphocytes: an explanation for the epidermotropism of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma? [see comments]

1995 • 85 citations

T lymphocyte activation by staphylococcal enterotoxins: Role of class II molecules and T cell surface structures

1989 • 84 citations

Characterization of T‐Cell Receptor αβ Repertoire in Synovial Tissue from Different Temporal Phases of Rheumatoid Arthritis

1992 • 80 citations

Molecular Diagnosis of Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma: Polymerase Chain Reaction Amplification of T-Cell Antigen Receptor β-Chain Gene Rearrangements

1991 • 75 citations

Transformation of Mycosis Fungoides: T-Cell Receptor β Gene Analysis Demonstrates a Common Clonal Origin for Plaque-Type Mycosis Fungoides and CD30+ Large-Cell Lymphoma

1993 • 74 citations

Mycosis fungoides: clinical and histologic features, staging, evaluation, and approach to treatment

1993 • 73 citations

T-cell receptor V beta expression in normal human skin.

1993 • 73 citations

Association between histocompatability antigens (HLA) and nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus

1983 • 67 citations

Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma: clinicopathological relationships, therapy and survival in ninety-two patients

1982 • 66 citations

Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma cells employ a restricted range of T-cell antigen receptor variable region genes.

1990 • 58 citations

Diversity of T-cell antigen receptor variable genes used by mycosis fungoides cells.

1992 • 57 citations

T cell receptor-major histocompatibility complex class II interaction is required for the T cell response to bacterial superantigens.

1994 • 45 citations

Expression of Vβ Gene Segments by Sezary Cells

1995 • 44 citations

Association of HLA-DR5 with Mycosis Fungoides

1983 • 40 citations

Major histocompatibility complex class II‐associated peptides determine the binding of the superantigen toxic shock syndrome toxin‐1

1995 • 37 citations

Application of a multiprobe RNase protection assay and junctional sequences to define V beta gene diversity in Sezary syndrome.

1992 • 36 citations

Superantigens. Do they have a role in skin diseases?

1995 • 35 citations

Malignant and Normal T Cells Show Random Use of T-Cell Receptor ∝ Chain Variable Regions in Patients with Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma

1995 • 31 citations

SUPERANTIGENS. DO THEY HAVE A ROLE IN SKIN DISEASES

1995 • 28 citations

Keratinocyte Transglutaminase Expression Varies in Squamous Cell Carcinomas

1994 • 28 citations

Susceptible responsiveness to bacterial superantigens in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with psoriasis

1995 • 23 citations

Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma: Utility of antibodies to the variable regions of the human T-cell antigen receptor

1992 • 19 citations

Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

1991 • 19 citations

Superantigens

1995 • 19 citations

Emergence of leprosy in a patient with mycosis fungoides

1994 • 17 citations

Involvement of HLA class II molecules in acquisition of staphylococcal enterotoxin A-binding activity and accessory cell activity in activation of human T cells by related toxins in vascular endothelial cells

1992 • 13 citations

Are There Cellular Superantigens?

1993 • 10 citations