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ReviewVirulence2013

The staphylococcal enterotoxin (SE) family: SEB and siblings.

Teresa Krakauer, Bradley G Stiles

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In one paragraph

Review in Virulence, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
37citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Qualitative assessment of virulence and resistance gene transcripts in Staphylococcus aureus isolated from buffalo milk and dairy products.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2026
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  16. Rapid Detection of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin-B by Lateral Flow Assay.Monoclonal antibodies in immunodiagnosis and immunotherapy · 2019
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  17. Isolation and identification of enterotoxigenicJournal of food science and technology · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Teresa KrakauerIntegrated Toxicology Division; United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases; Fort Detrick, MD USA.
Bradley G StilesWilson College; Chambersburg, PA USA.
Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry · USUnited States Army Medical Research and Development Command · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Staphylococcus aureus plays an important role in numerous human cases of food poisoning, soft tissue, and bone infections, as well as potentially lethal toxic shock. This common bacterium synthesizes various virulence factors that include staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs). These protein toxins bind directly to major histocompatibility complex class II on antigen-presenting cells and specific Vβ regions of T-cell receptors, resulting in potentially life-threatening stimulation of the immune system. Picomolar concentrations of SEs ultimately elicit proinflammatory cytokines that can induce fever, hypotension, multi-organ failure, and lethal shock. Various in vitro and in vivo models have provided important tools for studying the biological effects of, as well as potential vaccines/therapeutics against, the SEs. This review succinctly presents known physical and biological properties of the SEs, including various intervention strategies. In particular, SEB will often be portrayed as per biodefense concerns dating back to the 1960s.

Indexed as

CytokinesEnterotoxinsHumansMultiple Organ FailureShockStaphylococcus aureusSuperantigensCytokinesEnterotoxinsSuperantigensanimal modelcytokineS. aureusSEBsuperantigentherapeuticvaccine

Identifiers

PMID23959032
PMCPMC3925710
OpenAlexW1876613901

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