"Shiga Toxins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A class of toxins that inhibit protein synthesis by blocking the interaction of ribosomal RNA; (RNA, RIBOSOMAL) with PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS. They include SHIGA TOXIN which is produced by SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE and a variety of shiga-like toxins that are produced by pathologic strains of ESCHERICHIA COLI such as ESCHERICHIA COLI O157.
| Descriptor ID |
D022603
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.450.430.700.750.750 D23.946.123.794 D23.946.330.575
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| Concept/Terms |
Shiga Toxins- Shiga Toxins
- Toxins, Shiga
- Vero Cell Cytotoxin
- Cytotoxin, Vero Cell
- Vero Cell Cytotoxins
- Cell Cytotoxins, Vero
- Cytotoxins, Vero Cell
- Verotoxins
- Vero Cytoxins
- Cytoxins, Vero
- Vero Toxin
- Toxin, Vero
- Vero Toxins
- Toxins, Vero
- Verotoxin
- Shiga-Like Toxins
- Shiga Like Toxins
- Toxins, Shiga-Like
- Vero Cytotoxin
- Cytotoxin, Vero
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Shiga Toxins" by people in Profiles.
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Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2017 Apr 06; 3:17020.
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Thrombocytopenia-Associated Multiple Organ Failure and Acute Kidney Injury. Crit Care Clin. 2015 Oct; 31(4):661-74.
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Differential virulence of clinical and bovine-biased enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 genotypes in piglet and Dutch belted rabbit models. Infect Immun. 2012 Jan; 80(1):369-80.
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Clinical practice. Bacterial diarrhea. N Engl J Med. 2009 Oct 15; 361(16):1560-9.
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Hemolytic uremic syndrome: an emerging health risk. Am Fam Physician. 2006 Sep 15; 74(6):991-6.
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Hemolytic uremic syndrome-associated Shiga toxins promote endothelial-cell secretion and impair ADAMTS13 cleavage of unusually large von Willebrand factor multimers. Blood. 2005 Dec 15; 106(13):4199-209.
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Prevalence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in ground beef and cattle feces from King County, Washington. J Food Prot. 2002 Aug; 65(8):1322-5.
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Effect of shiga toxin on NaCl transport in rat distal colon. Scand J Gastroenterol. 1999 Aug; 34(8):777-83.