Teresa Krakauer

A Sensitive, Specific Immunobioassay for Quantitation of Human Interleukin 6 (2006)

Krakauer, Teresa

Picogram quantities of human interleukin 6 (h-IL-6) were detected by a two-step method. A microtiter plate coated with anti-h IL-6 monoclonal antibody was used to capture the IL-6 present in...

Staphylococcal Enterotoxins, Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin-I, and Streptococcal Pyrogenic Exotoxins: Some Basic Biology of Bacterial Superantigens (1998)

Krakauer, Teresa, Stiles, Bradley G.

Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes are facultative gram-positive cocci that play an important role in a myriad of human illnesses, including food poisoning, skin infections,...

Caspase Inhibitors Attenuate Superantigen-Induced Inflammatory Cytokines, Chemokines, and T-Cell Proliferation (1998)

Krakauer, Teresa

Proinflammatory mediate the toxic effect of superantigenic staphylococcal exotoxins (SE). A pan-caspase inhibitor suppressed SE-stimulated T-cell proliferation and the production of cytokines and...

Doxycycline Is Anti-Inflammatory and Inhibits Staphylococcal Exotoxin-Induced Cytokines and Chemokines (1998)

Krakauer, Teresa, Buckley, Marilyn

Proinflammatory cytokines mediate the toxic effect of superantigenic staphylococcal exotoxins (SE). Doxycycline inhibited SE-stimulated T-cell proliferation and production of cytokines and chemokines...

Bacillus anthracis Edema Toxin Inhibits Staphylococcus aureus Enterotoxin B Effects in Vitro: A Potential Protein Therapeutic? (1998)

Krakauer, Teresa, Little, Stephen F., Stiles, Bradley G.

Various in vitro effects of staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) on human peripheral blood mononuclear cells were mitigated by Bacillus anthracis edema toxin. In particular, levels of some SEB-induced...

Chemotherapeutics Targeting Immune Activation by Staphylococcal Superantigens (1998)

Krakauer, Teresa

Staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) and related superantigenic toxins are potent activators of the immune system and cause a variety of diseases in humans, ranging from food poisoning to toxic shock....

Triptolide Attenuates Endotoxin- and Staphylococcal Exotoxin-Induced T-Cell Proliferation and Production of Cytokines and Chemokines (1998)

Krakauer, Teresa, Chen, Xin, Howard, O. M., Young, Howard A.

Proinflammatory cytokines mediate the toxic effects of superantigenic staphylococcal exotoxins (SE) and bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Triptolide, an oxygenated diterpene derived from a...

Coordinate Suppression of Superantigen-Induced Cytokine Production and T-Cell Proliferation by a Small Nonpeptidic Inhibitor of Class II Major Histocompatibility Complex and CD4 Interaction

Krakauer, Teresa

Proinflammatory cytokines mediate the toxic effect of superantigenic staphylococcal exotoxins (SE). TJU103, a small nonpeptidic molecule that blocks the interaction between major histocompatibility...

Pentoxifylline Inhibits Superantigen-Induced Toxic Shock and Cytokine Release

Krakauer, Teresa, Stiles, Bradley G.

Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) is a critical cytokine that mediates the toxic effects of bacterial superantigens like staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) and toxic shock syndrome toxin 1...

Suppression of Endotoxin- and Staphylococcal Exotoxin-Induced Cytokines and Chemokines by a Phospholipase C Inhibitor in Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells

Krakauer, Teresa

Excessive release of proinflammatory cytokines from cells stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or staphylococcal exotoxin (SE) mediates the pathophysiologic manifestations of septic shock....

Stimulant-Dependent Modulation of Cytokines and Chemokines by Airway Epithelial Cells: Cross Talk between Pulmonary Epithelial and Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells

Krakauer, Teresa

Staphylococcal exotoxins (SE) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulate cells of the immune system to produce proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines which mediate septic shock and acute lung...

Pirfenidone Blocks the In Vitro and In Vivo Effects of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B

Hale, Martha L., Margolin, Solomon B., Krakauer, Teresa, Roy, Chad J., Stiles, Bradley G.

Pirfenidone [5-methyl-1-phenyl-2-(1H)-pyridone] down-regulates expression of cytokines and other mediators involved in the onset and development of pulmonary fibrosis. Pirfenidone also inhibits...

Doxycycline Is Anti-Inflammatory and Inhibits Staphylococcal Exotoxin-Induced Cytokines and Chemokines

Krakauer, Teresa, Buckley, Marilyn

Proinflammatory cytokines mediate the toxic effect of superantigenic staphylococcal exotoxins (SE). Doxycycline inhibited SE-stimulated T-cell proliferation and production of cytokines and chemokines...

Caspase Inhibitors Attenuate Superantigen-Induced Inflammatory Cytokines, Chemokines, and T-Cell Proliferation

Krakauer, Teresa

Proinflammatory cytokines mediate the toxic effect of superantigenic staphylococcal exotoxins (SE). A pan-caspase inhibitor suppressed SE-stimulated T-cell proliferation and the production of...

Bacillus anthracis Edema Toxin Inhibits Staphylococcus aureus Enterotoxin B Effects In Vitro: a Potential Protein Therapeutic?

Krakauer, Teresa, Little, Stephen F., Stiles, Bradley G.

Various in vitro effects of staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) on human peripheral blood mononuclear cells were mitigated by Bacillus anthracis edema toxin. In particular, levels of some SEB-induced...

Dexamethasone Attenuates Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B-Induced Hypothermic Response and Protects Mice from Superantigen-Induced Toxic Shock

Krakauer, Teresa, Buckley, Marilyn

The superantigenic staphylococcal enterotoxins are important virulence factors and contribute to various diseases, including food poisoning and toxic shock. Dexamethasone, an anti-inflammatory agent,...

Coordinate Suppression of Superantigen-Induced Cytokine Production and T-Cell Proliferation by a Small Nonpeptidic Inhibitor of Class II Major Histocompatibility Complex and CD4 Interaction

Krakauer, Teresa

Proinflammatory cytokines mediate the toxic effect of superantigenic staphylococcal exotoxins (SE). TJU103, a small nonpeptidic molecule that blocks the interaction between major histocompatibility...

Pentoxifylline Inhibits Superantigen-Induced Toxic Shock and Cytokine Release

Krakauer, Teresa, Stiles, Bradley G.

Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) is a critical cytokine that mediates the toxic effects of bacterial superantigens like staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) and toxic shock syndrome toxin 1...

Suppression of Endotoxin- and Staphylococcal Exotoxin-Induced Cytokines and Chemokines by a Phospholipase C Inhibitor in Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells

Krakauer, Teresa

Excessive release of proinflammatory cytokines from cells stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or staphylococcal exotoxin (SE) mediates the pathophysiologic manifestations of septic shock....

Stimulant-Dependent Modulation of Cytokines and Chemokines by Airway Epithelial Cells: Cross Talk between Pulmonary Epithelial and Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells

Krakauer, Teresa

Staphylococcal exotoxins (SE) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulate cells of the immune system to produce proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines which mediate septic shock and acute lung...

Pirfenidone Blocks the In Vitro and In Vivo Effects of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B

Hale, Martha L., Margolin, Solomon B., Krakauer, Teresa, Roy, Chad J., Stiles, Bradley G.

Pirfenidone [5-methyl-1-phenyl-2-(1H)-pyridone] down-regulates expression of cytokines and other mediators involved in the onset and development of pulmonary fibrosis. Pirfenidone also inhibits...

Doxycycline Is Anti-Inflammatory and Inhibits Staphylococcal Exotoxin-Induced Cytokines and Chemokines

Krakauer, Teresa, Buckley, Marilyn

Proinflammatory cytokines mediate the toxic effect of superantigenic staphylococcal exotoxins (SE). Doxycycline inhibited SE-stimulated T-cell proliferation and production of cytokines and chemokines...

Caspase Inhibitors Attenuate Superantigen-Induced Inflammatory Cytokines, Chemokines, and T-Cell Proliferation

Krakauer, Teresa

Proinflammatory cytokines mediate the toxic effect of superantigenic staphylococcal exotoxins (SE). A pan-caspase inhibitor suppressed SE-stimulated T-cell proliferation and the production of...

Bacillus anthracis Edema Toxin Inhibits Staphylococcus aureus Enterotoxin B Effects In Vitro: a Potential Protein Therapeutic?

Krakauer, Teresa, Little, Stephen F., Stiles, Bradley G.

Various in vitro effects of staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) on human peripheral blood mononuclear cells were mitigated by Bacillus anthracis edema toxin. In particular, levels of some SEB-induced...

Dexamethasone Attenuates Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B-Induced Hypothermic Response and Protects Mice from Superantigen-Induced Toxic Shock

Krakauer, Teresa, Buckley, Marilyn

The superantigenic staphylococcal enterotoxins are important virulence factors and contribute to various diseases, including food poisoning and toxic shock. Dexamethasone, an anti-inflammatory agent,...