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Mahtab Moayeri1, Stephen H Leppla.
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Anthrax lethal toxin (LT) and edema toxin (ET) are the major virulence factors of anthrax and can replicate the lethality and symptoms associated with the disease. This review provides an overview of our current understanding of anthrax toxin effects in animal models and the cytotoxicity (necrosis and apoptosis) induced by LT in different cells. A brief reexamination of early historic findings on toxin in vivo effects in the context of our current knowledge is also presented.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19638283 PMCID: PMC2784088 DOI: 10.1016/j.mam.2009.07.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Aspects Med ISSN: 0098-2997