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The hypothesis of tissue-specific action of diphtheria toxin

Aleshin AV
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Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Anton Aleshin
Altufevskoe shosse, d. 62a, kv. 40, Moscow, Russia, 127549; moc.liamg@notnahsela

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Acknowledgements: author thanks professor Lyudmila Kafarskaya from Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University for encouraging his interest in the scientific work and for invaluable advices in the preparation of the manuscript.

Received: 2016-06-26 Accepted: 2016-10-13 Published online: 2017-01-05
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Fig. 1. The mechanism of toxin penetration into the cell
Fig. 2. Expression of the HB-EGF (A) and CD9 (B) in human tissues (according to RefExA database [6])