Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin is cytotoxic for human renal tubular epithelial cells

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 275-282

  Fernandez Miyakawa, Mariano E ^a   Zabal, Osvaldo ^a   Silberstein, Claudia ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens; human toxicology; necrosis cytotoxicity; renal toxicology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS EPSILON TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; HUMAN TISSUE; INCUBATION TIME; KIDNEY TUBULE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TUBULES; PROTEIN BINDING; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 79953121080     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327110371700     Document Type: Article

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