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Evaluation of Pertussis Toxin Expression in B2 and THIJS Media [PDF]

Archives of Razi Institute, 2019
Whole-cell pertussis vaccine (wP) has been imperative and highly effective in preventing childhood deaths due to pertussis. Pertussis toxin is one of the virulence factors of Bordetella pertussis in all available pertussis vaccines. wP production in Razi
H. Moradtalab, M. Noofeli, H. Zeighami, F. Haghi   +3 more
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PECULIARITIES OF THE COURSE OF COVID-19 IN SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN AS A FUNCTION OF HUMORAL IMMUNITY AGAINST PERTUSSIS

Неонатологія, хірургія та перинатальна медицина, 2023
Coronavirus disease remains one of the most serious diseases in the world. The percentage of severe and fatal cases in children is lower than in adults. The search for biomarkers of disease severity continues.
Г. Павлишин, О. Панченко, К. Козак   +2 more
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Children with pertussis inform the investigation of other pertussis cases among contacts. [PDF]

, 2007
BACKGROUND: The number of reported pertussis has increased in the last two decades. However, many cases of pertussis may be underreported or not diagnosed.
Paulo N Baptista, Laura C Rodrigues, Baptista, Paulo N, Baptista Paulo N, Magalhães Vera S, Rodrigues, Laura C, Rodrigues Laura C, Magalhães, Vera S, Vera S Magalhães   +8 more
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The actions of Pasteurella multocida toxin on neuronal cells [PDF]

, 2014
Pasteurella multocida toxin (PMT) activates the G-proteins Gα, Gα, Gα Gα and Gα by deamidation of specific glutamine residues. A number of these alpha subunits have signalling roles in neurones.
Lax, Alistair; id_orcid, Robbins, Jon, Duricki, DA, Surguy, SM, Duricki, Denise A., Duricki, Denise, Lax, AJ, Reilly, JM, Reilly, Joanne, Surguy, Susan, Surguy, Susan M., Reilly, Joanne M., Robbins, J, Lax, Alistair J.   +13 more
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Gas phase characterization of the noncovalent quaternary structure of Cholera toxin and the Cholera toxin B subunit pentamer [PDF]

, 2006
Cholera toxin (CTx) is an AB5 cytotonic protein that has medical relevance in cholera and as a novel mucosal adjuvant. Here, we report an analysis of the noncovalent homopentameric complex of CTx B chain (CTx B5) using electrospray ionization triple ...
Jennings, Keith R., Scrivens, JH, Williams, Jonathan P., Scrivens, James H., Williams, JP, Roberts, LM, Marsden, Brian D., Smith, Daniel C., Marsden, BD, Smith, DC, Roberts, Lynne M., Scrivens, James, Green, BN, Green, Brian N., Roberts, L. M. (Lynne M.), Jennings, KR   +15 more
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The Fim and FhaB adhesins play a crucial role in nasal cavity infection and Bordetella pertussis transmission in a novel mouse catarrhal infection model.

PLoS Pathogens, 2022
Pulmonary infections caused by Bordetella pertussis used to be the prime cause of infant mortality in the pre-vaccine era and mouse models of pertussis pneumonia served in characterization of B. pertussis virulence mechanisms.
Jana Holubova, Ondrej Stanek, Attila Juhasz, Illiassou Hamidou Soumana, Peter Makovicky, Peter Sebo   +5 more
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Molecular analysis of mammalian adenylyl cyclases and bacterial adenylyl cyclase toxins [PDF]

, 2009
The cAMP signaling pathway is crucial for many physiological processes and many disease states like neurodegenerative diseases, mood disorders, pain, drug dependency or heart failure.
Göttle, Martin
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A phase IV, multi-centre, randomized clinical trial comparing two pertussis-containing vaccines in pregnant women in England and vaccine responses in their infants

BMC Medicine, 2021
Background Pertussis vaccines containing three or five pertussis antigens are recommended in pregnancy in many countries, but no studies have compared the effect on infants’ antigen-specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) concentrations.
Christine Elizabeth Jones, Anna Calvert, Jo Southern, Mary Matheson, Nick Andrews, Asma Khalil, Hannah Cuthbertson, Bassam Hallis, Anna England, Paul T. Heath, Elizabeth Miller   +10 more
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PTX Instructs the Development of Lung-Resident Memory T Cells in Bordetella pertussis Infected Mice

Toxins, 2021
Whooping cough is a severe, highly contagious disease of the human respiratory tract, caused by Bordetellapertussis. The pathogenicity requires several virulence factors, including pertussis toxin (PTX), a key component of current available vaccines ...
Julie Tomas, Yoon Koo, Dimitri Popoff, Vilma Arce-Gorvel, Sean Hanniffy, Jean-Pierre Gorvel, Cyrille Mionnet   +6 more
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Protective Activity and Safety of Acellular Pertussis Vaccine from Vaccine and Freshly Isolated Strain Bordetella pertussis

Эпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика, 2017
Goal. Study of the protective activity and safety of acellular pertussis vaccine (APV) using freshly isolated strain of B. pertussis. Materials and methods. Mice-hybrids F1 (CBAxC57Bl6). The B. pertussis strains: vaccine strains No. 305, No. 203, freshly
E. M. Zaitsev, I. G. Bazhanova, M. V. Britsina   +2 more
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