From Helpful to Harmful: Bacterial Superantigens Turn Our Immune Cells to the Dark Side (IMAGE)

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From Helpful to Harmful: Bacterial Superantigens Turn Our Immune Cells to the Dark Side

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Staphylococcus aureus bacteria (colored green) interacting with a human immune cell. This study shows that in conditions like toxic shock syndrome, toxins from such bacteria can trigger one type of immune cells (MAIT cells) to turn against the host.

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