Anthrax Toxins Induce Shock in Rats by Depressed Cardiac Ventricular Function

Linley E. Watson; Shu-ru Kuo; Khurshed Katki; Tongyun Dang; Seong Kyu Park; David E. Dostal; Wei-Jen Tang; Stephen H. Leppla; Arthur E. Frankel

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000466

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Anthrax Toxins Induce Shock in Rats by Depressed Cardiac Ventricular Function

Linley E. Watson,

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Scott and White Memorial Hospital, Scott, Sherwood and Brindley Foundation, Temple, Texas, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Texas A&M University System, Health Science Center College of Medicine, Temple, Texas, United States of America, Division of Molecular Cardiology, Texas A&M University System, Health Science Center College of Medicine, and Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Temple, Texas, United States of America
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Shu-ru Kuo,

Affiliation Scott and White Cancer Research Institute, Temple, Texas, United States of America
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Khurshed Katki,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Texas A&M University System, Health Science Center College of Medicine, Temple, Texas, United States of America
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Tongyun Dang,

Affiliation Scott and White Cancer Research Institute, Temple, Texas, United States of America
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Seong Kyu Park,

Affiliation Scott and White Cancer Research Institute, Temple, Texas, United States of America
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David E. Dostal,

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Texas A&M University System, Health Science Center College of Medicine, Temple, Texas, United States of America, Division of Molecular Cardiology, Texas A&M University System, Health Science Center College of Medicine, and Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Temple, Texas, United States of America
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Wei-Jen Tang,

Affiliation Ben May Institute for Cancer Research, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Stephen H. Leppla,

Affiliation Bacterial Toxins and Therapeutics Section, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Arthur E. Frankel

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: AFRANKEL@swmail.sw.org

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Texas A&M University System, Health Science Center College of Medicine, Temple, Texas, United States of America, Scott and White Cancer Research Institute, Temple, Texas, United States of America
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Anthrax Toxins Induce Shock in Rats by Depressed Cardiac Ventricular Function

Linley E. Watson,
Shu-ru Kuo,
Khurshed Katki,
Tongyun Dang,
Seong Kyu Park,
David E. Dostal,
Wei-Jen Tang,
Stephen H. Leppla,
Arthur E. Frankel

Published: May 23, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000466

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Novel insight into pathogenic mechanisms of anthrax toxins.

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Novel insight into pathogenic mechanisms of anthrax toxins.

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