cytotoxin

NOUN
  1. any substance that has a toxic effect on cells
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How To Use cytotoxin In A Sentence

  • Because bioreductive drugs are activated to form highly effective cytotoxins under hypoxic conditions, they can be used to inactivate hypoxic tumor cells that are refractory to the direct cytotoxicity of hypericin-PDT.
  • These results suggest that combining NMDAR antagonist ketamine with an astrocytic inhibitor or cytotoxin, which is suitable for clinical use once synthesized, might be a potential strategy for clinical management of neuropathic pain. BioMed Central - Latest articles
  • The possibility that a cytotoxin may play a role in the pathogenesis of EPEC infection had been suggested.
  • The gold standard for the diagnosis of C. difficile-mediated disease is a cytotoxin assay.
  • Previous studies have indicated that there is considerable variation in the quantity or activity of vacuolating cytotoxin produced or secreted by H. pylori isolates.
  • Nilewski et al. Total synthesis of a chlorosulpholipid cytotoxin associated with seafood poisoning Undefined
  • This endogenous nitric oxide can lead to de-repression of the genes encoding systems that are concerned with the detoxification of nitric oxide and the repair of proteins potentially damaged by the cytotoxin. Naturejobs - All Jobs
  • These aberrations can be formed by cytotoxins produced by many viral and some bacterial illnesses.
  • Subtilase cytotoxin is produced by certain kinds of E. coli bacteria, causing bloody diarrhea and a potentially fatal disease called haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) in humans. Health News from Medical News Today
  • These anti-cancer drugs are actually cytotoxins, or ' cell-killing drugs ' which do not differentiate between good and bad cells.
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