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Evaluation and Optimization of Microdrop Digital PCR for Detection of Serotype A and B Clostridium botulinum

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Clostridium botulinum is the causative pathogen of botulism. Laboratory detection of C. botulinum is essential for clinical therapy treatment of botulism due to the difficulty in diagnosis, especially in infant botulism. The extreme toxicity of botulinum
Pengya Gao, Pengya Gao, Changde Wu, Jin Zhang, Shuping Wang, Ying Huang, Yinping Dong, Tingting Liu, Changyun Ye, Xuefang Xu, Wenwen Xin   +10 more
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Methylmercury varies more than one order of magnitude in commercial European rice [PDF]

, 2017
P.M. thanks the Royal Thai Government for funding and C.C.B.
Brombach, Christoph-Cornelius, Chen, Bin, Corns, Warren T, Ezzeldin, Mohamed Farouk, Feldmann, Jorg, Kolambage-Dona, Piumi P.P., Krupp, Eva Maria, Manorut, Parinda   +7 more
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AbobotulinumtoxinA (Dysport®), OnabotulinumtoxinA (Botox®), and IncobotulinumtoxinA (Xeomin®) Neurotoxin Content and Potential Implications for Duration of Response in Patients

Toxins, 2018
Botulinum neurotoxin type-A (BoNT-A) blocks the release of acetylcholine from peripheral cholinergic nerve terminals and is an important option for the treatment of disorders characterised by excessive cholinergic neuronal activity.
Malgorzata Field, A. Splevins, P. Picaut, M. van der Schans, J. Langenberg, D. Noort, K. Foster   +6 more
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A neurotoxin that specifically targets Anopheles mosquitoes

Nature Communications, 2019
Clostridial neurotoxins, including tetanus and botulinum neurotoxins, generally target vertebrates. We show here that this family of toxins has a much broader host spectrum, by identifying PMP1, a clostridial-like neurotoxin that selectively targets ...
Estefanía Contreras, G. Masuyer, N. Qureshi, Swati Chawla, H. Dhillon, H. Lee, Jian-wu Chen, P. Stenmark, S. Gill   +8 more
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Conflicting Clinical Presentation of Infection with Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium perfringens in a 5-Month-Old Infant

Journal of Pediatrics: Clinical Practice
We present a 5-month-old infant with a 1-day history of poor feeding and sudden progression into generalized weakness including septic shock syndrome after consumption of homemade food. Botulism and sepsis symptoms could be explained by the presence of a
Barbara Schaub, MD, Carolyn Luhman-Lunt, MD, Andrea Ott, MD, Maren Krüger, DSc, Martin Skiba, PhD, Sylvia Worbs, PhD, Brigitte G. Dorner, PhD, Michael Buettcher, MD, Martin B. Dorner, PhD   +8 more
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CIB1 protects against MPTP-induced neurotoxicity through inhibiting ASK1. [PDF]

, 2017
Calcium and integrin binding protein 1 (CIB1) is a calcium-binding protein that was initially identified as a binding partner of platelet integrin αIIb. Although CIB1 has been shown to interact with multiple proteins, its biological function in the brain
Choi, Eui-Ju, Kang, Seongman, Kim, Yeonsil, Kim, Young Mok, Naik, Ulhas P., Parise, Leslie V., Sun, Woong, Yang, Hyun-Suk, Yoon, Kyoung Wan   +8 more
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Horse immunization with short-chain consensus α-neurotoxin generates antibodies against broad spectrum of elapid venomous species

Nature Communications, 2019
Antivenoms are fundamental in the therapy for snakebites. In elapid venoms, there are toxins, e.g. short-chain α-neurotoxins, which are quite abundant, highly toxic, and consequently play a major role in envenomation processes.
Guillermo de la Rosa, F. Olvera, Irving G. Archundia, B. Lomonte, A. Alagón, G. Corzo   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Neuromuscular Weakness and Paralysis Produced by Snakebite Envenoming: Mechanisms and Proposed Standards for Clinical Assessment

Toxins, 2023
Respiratory and airway-protective muscle weakness caused by the blockade of neuromuscular transmission is a major cause of early mortality from snakebite envenoming (SBE).
Philip E. Bickler, Michael Abouyannis, Ashish Bhalla, Matthew R. Lewin   +3 more
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Dramatic expansion of the black widow toxin arsenal uncovered by multi-tissue transcriptomics and venom proteomics. [PDF]

, 2014
BackgroundAnimal venoms attract enormous interest given their potential for pharmacological discovery and understanding the evolution of natural chemistries.
Ayoub, Nadia A, Clarke, Thomas H, Garb, Jessica E, Haney, Robert A, Hayashi, Cheryl Y   +4 more
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Mechanisms of parasite‐mediated disruption of brain vessels

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Parasites can affect the blood vessels of the brain, often causing serious neurological problems. This review explains how different parasites interact with and disrupt these vessels, what this means for brain health, and why these processes matter. Understanding these mechanisms may help us develop better ways to prevent or treat brain infections in ...
Leonor Loira, Sílvia Arroz‐Madeira, Cláudio A. Franco, Sara Silva Pereira   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source