Novel Pharmacological Inhibitors for Bacterial Protein Toxins

Many medically relevant bacteria cause severe human and animal diseases because they produce and release protein toxins that target mammalian cells. Because the toxin-induced cell damage is the reason for the clinical symptoms, the targeted pharmacological inhibition of the cytotoxic mode of action...

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Main Author: Holger Barth (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2017
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520 |a Many medically relevant bacteria cause severe human and animal diseases because they produce and release protein toxins that target mammalian cells. Because the toxin-induced cell damage is the reason for the clinical symptoms, the targeted pharmacological inhibition of the cytotoxic mode of action of bacterial toxins should prevent or cure the respective toxin-associated disease. Toxin inhibitors might be beneficial when the toxin acts in the absence of the producing bacteria (e.g., food poisoning), but also in combination with antibiotics in infectious diseases when the toxin-producing bacteria are present. The focus of this Special Issue of Toxins is on the development and characterization of novel inhibitors against bacterial toxins, e.g., toxin neutralizing antibodies, peptides or small compounds, as well as toxin pore blockers, which interfere with bacterial toxins and thereby protect cells from intoxication. 
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653 |a infection 
653 |a Shiga toxin 
653 |a semicarbazone EGA 
653 |a pore-forming toxins 
653 |a Botulinum Neurotoxin (BoNT) 
653 |a black lipid bilayer membrane 
653 |a cellular uptake 
653 |a intracellular transport 
653 |a anthrax toxins 
653 |a Clostridium perfringens toxins 
653 |a Diphtheria toxin 
653 |a Clostridium difficile toxins 
653 |a pore-blockers 
653 |a sialidases 
653 |a translocation 
653 |a binary clostridial actin ADP-ribosylating toxins 
653 |a dendrimers 
653 |a clostridial toxins 
653 |a food-poisoning 
653 |a anti-toxins 
653 |a intestinal pathogenesis 
653 |a pharmacological inhibitors 
653 |a membrane transport 
653 |a probiotic microorganisms 
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