Gliotoxin
"Gliotoxin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A fungal toxin produced by various species of Trichoderma, Gladiocladium fimbriatum, Aspergillus fumigatus, and Penicillium. It is used as an immunosuppressive agent.
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D005912
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.438.473.360 D23.946.587.401
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| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gliotoxin" by people in Profiles.
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Lewis RE, Wiederhold NP, Lionakis MS, Prince RA, Kontoyiannis DP. Frequency and species distribution of gliotoxin-producing Aspergillus isolates recovered from patients at a tertiary-care cancer center. J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Dec; 43(12):6120-2.
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Lewis RE, Wiederhold NP, Chi J, Han XY, Komanduri KV, Kontoyiannis DP, Prince RA. Detection of gliotoxin in experimental and human aspergillosis. Infect Immun. 2005 Jan; 73(1):635-7.