"Botulinum Toxins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Toxic proteins produced from the species CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM. The toxins are synthesized as a single peptide chain which is processed into a mature protein consisting of a heavy chain and light chain joined via a disulfide bond. The botulinum toxin light chain is a zinc-dependent protease which is released from the heavy chain upon ENDOCYTOSIS into PRESYNAPTIC NERVE ENDINGS. Once inside the cell the botulinum toxin light chain cleaves specific SNARE proteins which are essential for secretion of ACETYLCHOLINE by SYNAPTIC VESICLES. This inhibition of acetylcholine release results in muscular PARALYSIS.
| Descriptor ID |
D001905
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.656.300.480.153 D08.811.277.656.675.374.153 D12.776.097.156 D23.946.123.179
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| Concept/Terms |
Botulinum Toxins- Botulinum Toxins
- Toxins, Botulinum
- Botulinum Toxin
- Toxin, Botulinum
- Clostridium botulinum Toxins
- Toxins, Clostridium botulinum
- Botulin
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Botulinum Toxins" by people in Profiles.
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Assessing the Reporting of Harms in Systematic Reviews Focused on the Therapeutic and Cosmetic Uses of Botulinum Toxin. Clin Drug Investig. 2023 Feb; 43(2):85-95.
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Long-term suppression of atrial fibrillation by botulinum toxin injection into epicardial fat pads in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: Three-year follow-up of a randomized study. Heart Rhythm. 2019 02; 16(2):172-177.
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Temporary Suppression of Cardiac Ganglionated Plexi Leads to Long-Term Suppression of Atrial Fibrillation: Evidence of Early Autonomic Intervention to Break the Vicious Cycle of "AF Begets AF". J Am Heart Assoc. 2016 07 05; 5(7).
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Botulinum toxin injection in epicardial fat pads can prevent recurrences of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: results of a randomized pilot study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Aug 12; 64(6):628-9.
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Control of T lymphocyte morphology by the GTPase Rho. BMC Cell Biol. 2003 Feb 24; 4:2.
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Regulation of LPA-promoted myofibroblast contraction: role of Rho, myosin light chain kinase, and myosin light chain phosphatase. Exp Cell Res. 2000 Feb 01; 254(2):210-20.
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Bacterial toxins: friends or foes? Emerg Infect Dis. 1999 Mar-Apr; 5(2):224-34.
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Serum antibody production to botulinum A toxin. Ophthalmology. 1993 Dec; 100(12):1861-6.
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Sequence of the gene coding for the neurotoxin of Clostridium botulinum type A associated with infant botulism: comparison with other clostridial neurotoxins. Res Microbiol. 1993 Sep; 144(7):547-56.