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Mutant Escherichia coli heat-labile toxin B subunit that separates toxoid-mediated signaling and immunomodulatory action from trafficking and delivery functions.
Infection and immunity - 1 Mar 2003
Fraser Sylvia A, de Haan Lolke, Hearn Arron R, Bone Heather K, Salmond Robert J, Rivett A Jennifer, Williams Neil A, Hirst Timothy R
Abstract excerpt
The homopentameric B-subunit components of Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin (EtxB) and cholera toxin (CtxB) possess the capacity to enter mammalian cells and to activate cell-signaling events in leukocytes that modulate immune cell function. Both properties have been attributed to the ability of the B subunits to bind to GM1-ganglioside receptors, a ubiquitous glycosphingolipid found in the plasma...
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