Chapter 1 Animal Models Used to Study Superantigen-Mediated Diseases.

Chapter 2 Identification, Purification, and Characterization of Staphylococcal Superantigens

Chapter 3 Strain Discrimination of Staphylococcus aureus Using Superantigen Profiles

Chapter 4 Crystallization and Structure Determination of Superantigens and Immune Receptor Complexes

Chapter 5 Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Toxic Shock Syndrome in Rabbits

Chapter 6 Aortic Valve Damage for the Study of Left-Sided, Native Valve Infective Endocarditis in Rabbits

Chapter 7 Rabbit Model for Superantigen-Mediated Lethal Pulmonary Disease

Chapter 8 Nasopharyngeal Infection of Mice with Streptococcus pyogenes and In Vivo Detection of Superantigen Activity

Chapter 9 Mini-Osmotic Pump Infusion Model to Investigate the Systemic Effects of Chronic Continuous Exposure to Staphylococcal Superantigen in Mice

Chapter 11 Monkey Feeding Assay for Testing Emetic Activity of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin

Chapter 12 Use of an Ex Vivo Porcine Mucosal Model to Study Superantigen Penetration

Chapter 13 Protocol for Examining Human Vaginal Epithelial Cell Signaling in Response to Staphylococcal Superantigens.

Chapter 14 Organ Culture as a Model System for Studies on Enterotoxin Interactions with the Intestinal Epithelium

Chapter 15 Quantification of a Selective Expansion of T Cell Receptor Vβ by Superantigen Using Real-Time PCR

Chapter 16 Induction of Human Regulatory T Cells with Bacterial Superantigens

Chapter 17 Construction of Recombinant Single Chain Variable Fragment (ScFv) Antibody Against Superantigen for Immunodetection Using Antibody Phage Display Technology.