Toxin–Host Interaction of Clostridium Toxins: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651). This special issue belongs to the section "Bacterial Toxins".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 44
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Interests: bacterial protein toxins; pore-forming toxins; neurotoxins; microvesicles; exosomes; demyelinating diseases; oli-godendrocytes; glial cells; gut–brain axis; blood–brain barrier crossing; immune system; lipid rafts
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Dear Colleagues,
Following on from the first Special Issue, this Special Issue, “Toxin–Host Interaction of Clostridium Toxins: 2nd Edition”, will continue to focus on the study of the toxin–host interactions of Clostridium toxins and bring together the latest research findings in this field.
In this Special Issue, we welcome expert reviews of clinical aspects of host intoxication, as well as research papers on the following subtopics:
- Structural studies of the toxin binding to the host cell receptor;
- The effects of the clostridial toxins in the host cells;
- The implication of the clostridial toxins in the gut–brain axis;
- The effects of clostridial toxins in the blood and in the immune system;
- New methods of toxin detection and diagnosis in host animals;
- Novel toxin neutralizing molecules;
- New vaccines against clostridial diseases;
- New clostridial toxin mutants;
- The study of clostridial toxins as therapeutic agents.
Dr. Jonatan Dorca-Arévalo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- clostridial toxins
- gut–brain axis
- clostridial vaccines
- clostridial diseases
- clostridial toxin structure
- clostridial toxin effects
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