Bacterial Protein Toxins as Anticancer Agents: Clinical Potential of Pseudomonas and Anthrax Toxins
ToxinsProtein toxins are biologically active polypeptides produced by a variety of organisms, including bacteria, plants, fungi, and animals. These molecules exert potent and specific toxic effects on target cells and are primarily associated with ...
Richa Misra +6 more
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Association of Polygenic Risk Score and Bacterial Toxins at Screening Colonoscopy with Colorectal Cancer Progression: A Multicenter Case-Control Study. [PDF]
Toxins (Basel), 2021 Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer death worldwide, and its incidence is correlated with infections, chronic inflammation, diet, and genetic factors.
Piciocchi A +24 more
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Modulation of Airway Expression of the Host Bactericidal Enzyme, sPLA2-IIA, by Bacterial Toxins. [PDF]
Toxins (Basel), 2023 International audienceHost molecules with antimicrobial properties belong to a large family of mediators including type-IIA secreted phospholipase A2 (sPLA2-IIA).
Wu Y, Pernet E, Touqui L.
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Regulatory Networks Controlling Neurotoxin Synthesis in Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium tetani
Toxins, 2022 Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium tetani are Gram-positive, spore-forming, and anaerobic bacteria that produce the most potent neurotoxins, botulinum toxin (BoNT) and tetanus toxin (TeNT), responsible for flaccid and spastic paralysis, respectively ...
Michel R. Popoff, Holger Brüggemann
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Anaerobes and Toxins, a Tradition of the Institut Pasteur
Toxins, 2023 Louis Pasteur, one of the eminent pioneers of microbiology, discovered life without oxygen and identified the first anaerobic pathogenic bacterium. Certain bacteria were found to be responsible for specific diseases.
Michel R. Popoff, Sandra Legout
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Clostridium tetani produces the tetanus toxin (TeNT), one of the most powerful bacterial toxins known to humankind and responsible for tetanus. The regulation of toxin expression is complex and involves the alternative sigma factor TetR as well as other ...
Holger Brüggemann +3 more
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INCIDENCE OF SOME ENTEROTOXIGENIC FOOD POISONING MICROORGANISMS IN CHICKEN MEAT PRODUCTS [PDF]
Veterinary Medical Journal - Giza, 2008 Forty- five packaged random samples of cooked and half cooked chicken meat products represented by chicken shawarma, fillet and wings (15 for each) were collected from different retail markets in Cairo and Giza. The incidence of S. aureus, E.
EMAN, M ZAKI, AMAL, A SHEHATA
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OCCURRENCE OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS IN FAST FOOD WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ITS ENTEROTOXIGENICITY [PDF]
Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal, 2008 sandwiches) represented as 25 each of shawarma, sausage and beef burger were collected from various fast food restaurants and vendors on the street in Port Said city. S. aureus could be detected in 32, 44 and 36% of the analyzed samples with a mean value
AMANY M. SHALABY, EMAN M.S. ZAKI
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The effect of Staphylococcus aureus carriage in late pregnancy on antibody levels to staphylococcal toxins in cord blood and breast milk. [PDF]
, 2008 We investigated the effect of carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in the later stages of pregnancy on levels of antibody specific to the S. aureus toxins, staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB), staphylococcal enterotoxin C (SEC) and toxic shock syndrome toxin-
Morris, James A. +3 more
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Reversible cross-tolerance to platelet-activating factor signaling by bacterial toxins
Platelets, 2021 Bacterial toxins signaling through Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are implicated in the pathogenesis of many inflammatory diseases. Among the toxins, lipopolysaccharide (LPS) exerts its action via TLR-4 while lipoteichoic acid (LTA) and bacterial ...
Kandahalli Venkataranganayaka Abhilasha +5 more
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