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The Haemophilus ducreyi cytolethal distending toxin induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis via the DNA damage checkpoint pathways.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 16 Feb 2001
Cortes-Bratti X, Karlsson C, Lagergård T, Thelestam M, Frisan T
Abstract excerpt
The cytolethal distending toxins (CDTs) induce cell cycle arrest by a mechanism still not well characterized. We demonstrate that the effect of the Haemophilus ducreyi CDT (HdCDT) is cell type-specific: B cell lines underwent apoptosis, epithelial cells and keratinocytes arrested exclusively in G(2), whereas normal fibroblasts arrested both in G(1) and G(2). We studied normal keratinocytes and fibroblasts, which...
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