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- noun A
mycotoxin , originally isolated from Gliocladium fimbriatum, that causesapoptosis of certain cells
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Krauss B, Schulze-Osthoff K, Decker T, Traenckner EB, et al. (1996) The immunosuppressive fungal metabolite gliotoxin specifically inhibits transcription factor NF-kappaB.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Neelkamal Chaudhary et al. 2010
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Stanzani M, Orciuolo E, Lewis R, Kontoyiannis DP, Martins SL, et al. (2005) Aspergillus fumigatus suppresses the human cellular immune response via gliotoxin-mediated apoptosis of monocytes.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Neelkamal Chaudhary et al. 2010
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Orciuolo E, Stanzani M, Canestraro M, Galimberti S, Carulli G, et al. (2007) Effects of Aspergillus fumigatus gliotoxin and methylprednisolone on human neutrophils: implications for the pathogenesis of invasive aspergillosis.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Neelkamal Chaudhary et al. 2010
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Hyphal extracts contain gliotoxin, an immunosuppressive mycotoxin, which induces apoptosis of antigen-presenting cells and inhibits transcription factor NF-κB
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Neelkamal Chaudhary et al. 2010
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(Velcade (R)), gliotoxin, PR11 and PR39 were tested and compared to chloroquine - and artesunate-activities in a standardized in vitro drug susceptibility assay against P. falciparum laboratory strains 3D7, D10 and Dd2.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Peter G Kremsner and Benjamin Andrea Kreidenweiss 2008
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