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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