TITLE:
Activating Effect of Staphylococcal Enterotoxins
AUTHORS:
Yurii V. Ezepchuk
KEYWORDS:
Gamma-Interferon, Enterotoxins, Antitumour Activity
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Microbiology,
Vol.14 No.3,
March
26,
2024
ABSTRACT: The effect of enterotoxins is to induce the production of endogenous IF. St. aureus enteropathogenic proteins (enterotoxins) possess an antitumour effect. After intraperitoneal inoculation, they decrease the size and, in some cases, prevent the development of the human hypernephroma in the cheek pouch of golden hamsters. The effect of enteropathgenic proteims may possibly consist in inducing the production of endogenous immune interferon which activates the host immune system and enhances the rejection of heterologous tumour cells.