Structural Integrity of the Alveolar-Capillary Barrier in Cynomolgus Monkeys Challenged with Fully Virulent and Toxin-Deficient Strains of Bacillus Anthracis
Inhalational anthrax, a disease caused by inhaling Bacillus anthracis spores, leads to respiratory distress, vascular leakage, high-level bacteremia, and often death within days. Anthrax lethal toxin (LT) and edema toxin (ET), which are composed of protective antigen (PA) plus either lethal factor (LF) or edema factor (EF), respectively, play an important yet incompletely defined role in the pulmonary pathophysiology. To better understand their contribution, we examined the structural integrity of the alveolar capillary barrier in archival formalin-fixed lungs of cynomolgus monkeys challenged with the fully virulent B.
Source: American Journal of Pathology - Category: Pathology Authors: Felice D ’Agnillo, Xiaoyuan Zhang, Matthew C. Williams Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research