Botulinum neurotoxins: biology, pharmacology, and toxicology

M Pirazzini, O Rossetto, R Eleopra… - Pharmacological …, 2017 - ASPET
The study of botulinum neurotoxins (BoNT) is rapidly progressing in many aspects. Novel
BoNTs are being discovered owing to next generation sequencing, but their biologic and …

Historical perspectives and guidelines for botulinum neurotoxin subtype nomenclature

MW Peck, TJ Smith, F Anniballi, JW Austin, L Bano… - Toxins, 2017 - mdpi.com
Botulinum neurotoxins are diverse proteins. They are currently represented by at least seven
serotypes and more than 40 subtypes. New clostridial strains that produce novel neurotoxin …

Botulinum toxin: an update on pharmacology and newer products in development

S Choudhury, MR Baker, S Chatterjee, H Kumar - Toxins, 2021 - mdpi.com
Since its introduction as a treatment for strabismus, botulinum toxin (BoNT) has had a
phenomenal journey and is now recommended as first-line treatment for focal dystonia …

Botulinum and tetanus neurotoxins

M Dong, G Masuyer, P Stenmark - Annual review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) and tetanus neurotoxin (TeNT) are the most potent toxins
known and cause botulism and tetanus, respectively. BoNTs are also widely utilized as …

Botulinum toxin: State of the art

J Jankovic - Movement Disorders, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Botulinun neurotoxin (BoNT) has emerged as one of the most multipurpose therapeutic
agents in modern medicine with more clinical applications than any other drug currently on …

Pathogenicity and virulence of Clostridium botulinum

AM Rawson, AW Dempster, CM Humphreys… - Virulence, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Clostridium botulinum, a polyphyletic Gram-positive taxon of bacteria, is classified purely by
their ability to produce botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT). BoNT is the primary virulence factor …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of a Botulinum Neurotoxin-like Toxin in a Commensal Strain of Enterococcus faecium

S Zhang, F Lebreton, MJ Mansfield, SI Miyashita… - Cell host & …, 2018 - cell.com
Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs), produced by various Clostridium strains, are a family of
potent bacterial toxins and potential bioterrorism agents. Here we report that an …

Toxicology and pharmacology of botulinum and tetanus neurotoxins: an update

M Pirazzini, C Montecucco, O Rossetto - Archives of Toxicology, 2022 - Springer
Tetanus and botulinum neurotoxins cause the neuroparalytic syndromes of tetanus and
botulism, respectively, by delivering inside different types of neurons, metalloproteases …

Public health risk associated with botulism as foodborne zoonoses

C Rasetti-Escargueil, E Lemichez, MR Popoff - Toxins, 2019 - mdpi.com
Botulism is a rare but severe neurological disease in man and animals that is caused by
botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) produced by Clostridium botulinum and atypical strains from …

Identification of a novel botulinum neurotoxin gene cluster in Enterococcus

J Brunt, AT Carter, SC Stringer, MW Peck - FEBS letters, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The deadly neurotoxins of Clostridium botulinum (BoNTs) comprise eight serotypes (A–G;
X). The neurotoxin gene cluster encoding BoNT and its accessory proteins includes an …