Katherine J. Kasper

Toll-like receptor 2 ligands on the staphylococcal cell wall downregulate superantigen-induced T cell activation and prevent toxic shock syndrome

Thu Chau, Michelle L. McCully, William Brintnell et al. · Nature Medicine · 2009 · 134 citations

Inflammation, Toll-like Receptors, Autoimmune Disease +9

Bacterial Superantigens Promote Acute Nasopharyngeal Infection by Streptococcus pyogenes in a Human MHC Class II-Dependent Manner

Katherine J. Kasper, Joseph J. Zeppa, Adrienne T. Wakabayashi et al. · PLoS Pathogens · 2014 · 108 citations · Full text

Nasopharyngeal infection by<i>Streptococcus pyogenes</i>requires superantigen-responsive Vβ-specific T cells

Joseph J. Zeppa, Katherine J. Kasper, Ivor Mohorovic et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2017 · 71 citations · Full text

Prophage exotoxins enhance colonization fitness in epidemic scarlet fever-causing Streptococcus pyogenes

Stephan Brouwer, Timothy C. Barnett, Diane Ly et al. · Nature Communications · 2020 · 71 citations · Full text

Superantigens promote <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> bloodstream infection by eliciting pathogenic interferon-gamma production

Stephen W. Tuffs, Mariya I. Goncheva, Stacey X. Xu et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2022 · 49 citations · Full text