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Differentiation of human monocytic cell lines confers susceptibility to Bacillus anthracis lethal toxin
10 Dec 2004
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Anthrax lethal toxin (LT) is comprised of protective antigen and lethal factor. Lethal factor enters mammalian cells in a protective antigen-dependent process and cleaves mitogen-activated protein kinase kinases. Although LT has no observable effect on many cell types, it causes necrosis in macrophages derived from certain mouse strains and apoptosis in activated mouse macrophages. In this study, we observed that...
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