| Literature DB >> 11953409 |
Liselott A Svensson1, Petra Henning, Teresa Lagergård.
Abstract
Haemophilus ducreyi, the etiologic agent of the sexually transmitted disease chancroid, produces a cytolethal distending toxin (HdCDT) that inhibits mammalian cell proliferation. We investigated the effects of HdCDT on normal human endothelial cells and on tubule formation in an in vitro model of angiogenesis. Endothelial cells were arrested in the G2 phase of the cell cycle, and tubule formation was inhibited in a dose-dependent manner. The antiproliferative activities of HdCDT on endothelial cells might contribute to the characteristic slow healing and persistence of chancroid ulcers.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 11953409 PMCID: PMC127913 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.5.2665-2669.2002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441