 Anthrax
"Anthrax" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An acute infection caused by the spore-forming bacteria BACILLUS ANTHRACIS. It commonly affects hoofed animals such as sheep and goats. Infection in humans often involves the skin (cutaneous anthrax), the lungs (inhalation anthrax), or the gastrointestinal tract. Anthrax is not contagious and can be treated with antibiotics.
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D000881
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.410.090.072
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Anthrax" by people in Profiles.
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Chateau A, Oh SY, Tomatsidou A, Brockhausen I, Schneewind O, Missiakas D. Distinct Pathways Carry Out a and ß Galactosylation of Secondary Cell Wall Polysaccharide in Bacillus anthracis. J Bacteriol. 2020 07 09; 202(15).
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Farcasanu M, Wang AG, Uchanski T, Bailey LJ, Yue J, Chen Z, Wu X, Kossiakoff A, Tang WJ. Rapid Discovery and Characterization of Synthetic Neutralizing Antibodies against Anthrax Edema Toxin. Biochemistry. 2019 07 09; 58(27):2996-3004.
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Chateau A, Lunderberg JM, Oh SY, Abshire T, Friedlander A, Quinn CP, Missiakas DM, Schneewind O. Galactosylation of the Secondary Cell Wall Polysaccharide of Bacillus anthracis and Its Contribution to Anthrax Pathogenesis. J Bacteriol. 2018 03 01; 200(5).
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Hoffman MD. Atypical ulcers. Dermatol Ther. 2013 May-Jun; 26(3):222-35.
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Garufi G, Wang YT, Oh SY, Maier H, Missiakas DM, Schneewind O. Sortase-conjugation generates a capsule vaccine that protects guinea pigs against Bacillus anthracis. Vaccine. 2012 May 14; 30(23):3435-44.
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Smith K, Crowe SR, Garman L, Guthridge CJ, Muther JJ, McKee E, Zheng NY, Farris AD, Guthridge JM, Wilson PC, James JA. Human monoclonal antibodies generated following vaccination with AVA provide neutralization by blocking furin cleavage but not by preventing oligomerization. Vaccine. 2012 Jun 13; 30(28):4276-83.
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Wright AM, Beres SB, Consamus EN, Long SW, Flores AR, Barrios R, Richter GS, Oh SY, Garufi G, Maier H, Drews AL, Stockbauer KE, Cernoch P, Schneewind O, Olsen RJ, Musser JM. Rapidly progressive, fatal, inhalation anthrax-like infection in a human: case report, pathogen genome sequencing, pathology, and coordinated response. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2011 Nov; 135(11):1447-59.
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Dumetz F, Jouvion G, Khun H, Glomski IJ, Corre JP, Rougeaux C, Tang WJ, Mock M, Huerre M, Goossens PL. Noninvasive imaging technologies reveal edema toxin as a key virulence factor in anthrax. Am J Pathol. 2011 Jun; 178(6):2523-35.
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Oh SY, Budzik JM, Garufi G, Schneewind O. Two capsular polysaccharides enable Bacillus cereus G9241 to cause anthrax-like disease. Mol Microbiol. 2011 Apr; 80(2):455-70.
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Bishop BL, Lodolce JP, Kolodziej LE, Boone DL, Tang WJ. The role of anthrolysin O in gut epithelial barrier disruption during Bacillus anthracis infection. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2010 Apr 02; 394(2):254-9.
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