SV2 mediates entry of tetanus neurotoxin into central neurons. [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2010 Tetanus neurotoxin causes the disease tetanus, which is characterized by rigid paralysis. The toxin acts by inhibiting the release of neurotransmitters from inhibitory neurons in the spinal cord that innervate motor neurons and is unique among the ...
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Evaluation of Potency on Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoid for Adult Vaccines by In Vivo Toxin Neutralization Assay Using National Reference Standards [PDF]
Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives, 2018 Objectives Vaccinations against diphtheria and tetanus are essential in providing immunity against these bacterial infections. The potency of diphtheria and tetanus toxoid vaccines can be measured using the in vivo toxin neutralization assay.
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The effect of haloperidol, aminooxyacetic acid and (-)-nuciferine on prolonging survival time of mice with tetanus [PDF]
Veterinarski Glasnik, 2018 Introduction. Tetanus, also known as lockjaw, is a very dangerous, infectious, acute, usually afebrile disease characterised by muscle spasms. The causative agent of the disease is the bacterium Clostridium tetani.
Mujezinović Indira +2 more
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The monoclonal antibody 26 raised against tetanus toxoid also recognizes tetanus toxin and β2-glycoprotein I - its binding properties in vitro and potential applications [PDF]
Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 2009 A murine monoclonal IgG1 antibody, marked as MAb26, specific for tetanus toxoid has been immunochemically characterized. By performing enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) and western blot analyses, it was demonstrated that MAb26 reacted with ...
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Studies on Tetanus Toxin and Toxoid IV. Interaction of Formaldehyde with Tetanus Toxin [PDF]
Australian Journal of Biological Sciences, 1969 The binding of formaldehyde with tetanus toxin under mild detoxificatIOn conditions (0 1M phosphate buffer, pH 7 0, O 005-0 06M HCHO, 20-37 C) has been studied quantitatively by using [14C]formaldehyde. When detoxification was followed with time (0 005M HCHO, 37 C) the toxin showed a characteristic immediate drop in lethality (~80%), followed by a
CM Mauritzen, DJ Dawson
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A Novel High-Potency Tetanus Vaccine
mBio, 2020 Chemically inactivated tetanus toxoid (CITT) is clinically effective and widely used. However, CITT is a crude nonmalleable vaccine that contains hundreds of Clostridium tetani proteins, and the active component is present in variable and sometimes minor
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Tetanus and tetanus neurotoxin: From peripheral uptake to central nervous tissue targets
Journal of Neurochemistry, 2021 Tetanus is a deadly but preventable disease caused by a protein neurotoxin produced by Clostridium tetani. Spores of C. tetani may contaminate a necrotic wound and germinate into a vegetative bacterium that releases a toxin, termed tetanus neurotoxin ...
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Infection in a Geriatric Patient: Do Not Let Your Guard Off! [PDF]
Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research, 2023 Tetanus is an infectious disease caused by Clostridium tetani toxin. Although easily preventable through vaccination, over 73,000 new infections and 35,000 deaths due to tetanus occurred worldwide in 2019, with higher rates in countries with healthcare ...
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Novel Small Molecule Inhibitors That Prevent the Neuroparalysis of Tetanus Neurotoxin
Pharmaceuticals, 2021 Tetanus neurotoxin (TeNT) is a protein exotoxin produced by Clostridium tetani that causes the deadly spastic neuroparalysis of tetanus. It consists of a metalloprotease light chain and of a heavy chain linked via a disulphide bond.
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Tetanus toxin fragment C fused to flagellin makes a potent mucosal vaccine
Clinical and experimental vaccine research, 2015 Purpose Recombinant subunit vaccines provide safe and targeted protection against microbial infections. However, the protective efficacy of recombinant subunit vaccines tends to be less potent than the whole cell vaccines, especially when they are ...
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