"Pertussis Toxin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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One of the virulence factors produced by BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS. It is a multimeric protein composed of five subunits S1 - S5. S1 contains mono ADPribose transferase activity.
| Descriptor ID |
D037342
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.913.400.725.115.680 D23.946.123.946.690 D23.946.896.980.690
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| Concept/Terms |
Pertussis Toxin- Pertussis Toxin
- Toxin, Pertussis
- Lymphocytosis-Promoting Factor
- Lymphocytosis Promoting Factor
- Islet-Activating Protein
- Islet Activating Protein
- Histamine-Sensitizing Factor
- Histamine Sensitizing Factor
- IAP Pertussis Toxin
- Pertussis Toxin, IAP
- Toxin, IAP Pertussis
- Islets-Activating Protein
- Islets Activating Protein
- Pertussigen
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pertussis Toxin" by people in Profiles.
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COVID-19 in children: Could pertussis vaccine play the protective role? Med Hypotheses. 2020 Dec; 145:110305.
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The immunomodulatory effects of measles-mumps-rubella vaccination on persistence of heterologous vaccine responses. Immunol Cell Biol. 2019 07; 97(6):577-585.
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Pertactin-deficient Bordetella pertussis isolates: evidence of increased circulation in Europe, 1998 to 2015. Euro Surveill. 2019 Feb; 24(7).
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Genetically modified pertussis toxin: a quantum leap? Lancet Infect Dis. 2018 11; 18(11):1169-1171.
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Resurgence of Pertussis and Emergence of the Ptxp3 Toxin Promoter Allele in South Italy. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2018 05; 37(5):e126-e131.
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Prospective multinational serosurveillance study of Bordetella pertussis infection among 10- to 18-year-old Asian children and adolescents. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2019 Feb; 25(2):250.e1-250.e7.
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Proteomic Adaptation of Australian Epidemic Bordetella pertussis. Proteomics. 2018 04; 18(8):e1700237.
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Diagnostic performance of commercial serological assays measuring Bordetella pertussis IgG antibodies. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2018 Mar; 90(3):157-162.
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Pertussis seroepidemiology in women and their infants in Sarlahi District, Nepal. Vaccine. 2017 12 04; 35(48 Pt B):6766-6773.
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Preliminary studies on the use of pertussis toxin for the modulation of intravaginal SIV transmission in rhesus macaques. J Med Primatol. 2017 12; 46(6):327-331.