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  • Title: Clostridium difficile toxin A elicits Ca(2+)-independent cytotoxic effects in cultured normal rat intestinal crypt cells.
    Author: Fiorentini C, Donelli G, Nicotera P, Thelestam M.
    Journal: Infect Immun; 1993 Sep; 61(9):3988-93. PubMed ID: 8359922.
    Abstract:
    In rat intestinal crypt cells, Clostridium difficile toxin A induces (i) early cytoskeletal alterations involving the whole population and (ii) late effects in 30 to 40% of the cells, consisting mainly of surface blebbing and nuclear fragmentation. All these effects were Ca2+ independent and were not abolished by protein synthesis inhibitors.
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