Abstract:
:Animal models of ricin toxicosis are necessary for testing the efficacy of therapeutic measures, as well studying the mechanisms by which ricin exerts its toxicity in intact animals. Because ricin can serve as a particularly well-characterized model of tissue damage, and the host response to that damage, studies of the mechanisms of ricin toxicity may have more general applicability. For example, our studies of the molecular mechanisms underlying the development of ricin-induced hypoglycemia may help elucidate the relationship of type II diabetes, insulin resistance, and inflammation. Studies in non-human primates are most relevant for testing and developing agents having clinical utility. But these animals are expensive and limited in quantity, and so rodents are used for most mechanistic studies.
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Curr Top Microbiol Immunoljournal_title
Current topics in microbiology and immunologyauthors
Roy CJ,Song K,Sivasubramani SK,Gardner DJ,Pincus SHdoi
10.1007/82_2011_173subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2012-01-01 00:00:00pages
243-57eissn
0070-217Xissn
2196-9965journal_volume
357pub_type
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