Impact of Bacterial Toxins in the Lungs [PDF]
Toxins, 2020 Bacterial toxins play a key role in the pathogenesis of lung disease. Based on their structural and functional properties, they employ various strategies to modulate lung barrier function and to impair host defense in order to promote infection. Although
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Bacterial Toxins for Cancer Therapy [PDF]
Toxins, 2017 Several pathogenic bacteria secrete toxins to inhibit the immune system of the infected organism. Frequently, they catalyze a covalent modification of specific proteins. Thereby, they block production and/or secretion of antibodies or cytokines. Moreover,
Nour-Imene Zahaf, Gudula Schmidt
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Clostridial Neurotoxins: Structure, Function and Implications to Other Bacterial Toxins [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2021 Gram-positive bacteria are ancient organisms. Many bacteria, including Gram-positive bacteria, produce toxins to manipulate the host, leading to various diseases. While the targets of Gram-positive bacterial toxins are diverse, many of those toxins use a
Shuowei Cai, Raj Kumar, Bal Ram Singh
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Bacterial Toxins, Current Perspectives [PDF]
Toxins, 2020 Toxins are the major pathogenicity factors produced by numerous bacteria involved in severe diseases in humans and animals. Certain pathogenic bacteria synthesize only one toxin which is responsible for all the symptoms and outcome of the disease.
Michel R. Popoff
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Interactions between Autophagy and Bacterial Toxins: Targets for Therapy? [PDF]
Toxins, 2015 Autophagy is a physiological process involved in defense mechanisms for clearing intracellular bacteria. The autophagic pathway is finely regulated and bacterial toxins interact with this process in a complex manner.
Jacques Mathieu
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New Strategies for Biocontrol of Bacterial Toxins and Virulence: Focusing on Quorum-Sensing Interference and Biofilm Inhibition. [PDF]
Toxins (Basel), 2023 The overuse of antibiotics and the emergence of multiple-antibiotic-resistant pathogens are becoming a serious threat to health security and the economy.
Zhang H, Zhang Z, Li J, Qin G.
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Evolution of insect innate immunity through domestication of bacterial toxins. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2023 Significance Several disease-causing bacteria produce toxins that damage host cells by triggering preprogrammed cell death. Two such bacterial toxins are called cytolethal distending toxin B and apoptosis-inducing protein of 56 kDa.
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Advances in the Study of Bacterial Toxins, Their Roles and Mechanisms in Pathogenesis. [PDF]
Malays J Med Sci, 2022 Pathogenic bacteria use various mechanisms to cause infections in the host. Bacterial pathogens express a wide range of molecules. Bacterial toxins have a poisonous substance created and secreted at the extracellular or intracellular level, making these ...
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Bacterial Toxins Active against Mosquitoes: Mode of Action and Resistance. [PDF]
Toxins (Basel), 2021 Larvicides based on the bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis svar. israelensis (Bti) and Lysinibacillus sphaericus are effective and environmentally safe compounds for the control of dipteran insects of medical importance.
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Use of Short-Chain Fatty Acids for the Recovery of the Intestinal Epithelial Barrier Affected by Bacterial Toxins. [PDF]
Front Physiol, 2021 Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are carboxylic acids produced as a result of gut microbial anaerobic fermentation. They activate signaling cascades, acting as ligands of G-protein-coupled receptors, such as GPR41, GPR43, and GPR109A, that can modulate ...
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