"Ricin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A protein phytotoxin from the seeds of Ricinus communis, the castor oil plant. It agglutinates cells, is proteolytic, and causes lethal inflammation and hemorrhage if taken internally.
| Descriptor ID |
D012276
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.450.430.700.750.666 D12.776.034.756 D12.776.503.499.937 D12.776.765.678.906.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Ricin- Ricin
- Lectin, Castor Bean
- RCA60
- Ricinus Toxin
- Toxin, Ricinus
- RCA 60
- Castor Bean Lectin
- Lectin, Ricinus
- Ricinus Lectin
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ricin" by people in Profiles.
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Marszalowicz GP, Snook AE, Magee MS, Merlino D, Berman-Booty LD, Waldman SA. GUCY2C lysosomotropic endocytosis delivers immunotoxin therapy to metastatic colorectal cancer. Oncotarget. 2014 Oct 15; 5(19):9460-71.
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Hott JS, Dalakas MC, Sung C, Hallett M, Youle RJ. Skeletal muscle-specific immunotoxin for the treatment of focal muscle spasm. Neurology. 1998 Feb; 50(2):485-91.
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Day PJ, Ernst SR, Frankel AE, Monzingo AF, Pascal JM, Molina-Svinth MC, Robertus JD. Structure and activity of an active site substitution of ricin A chain. Biochemistry. 1996 Aug 27; 35(34):11098-103.
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Harris N, Peters LL, Eicher EM, Rits M, Raspberry D, Eichbaum QG, Super M, Ezekowitz RA. The exon-intron structure and chromosomal localization of the mouse macrophage mannose receptor gene Mrc1: identification of a Ricin-like domain at the N-terminus of the receptor. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1994 Jan 28; 198(2):682-92.
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Kernan NA, Byers V, Scannon PJ, Mischak RP, Brochstein J, Flomenberg N, Dupont B, O'Reilly RJ. Treatment of steroid-resistant acute graft-vs-host disease by in vivo administration of an anti-T-cell ricin A chain immunotoxin. JAMA. 1988 Jun 03; 259(21):3154-7.
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Gilliland DG, Steplewski Z, Collier RJ, Mitchell KF, Chang TH, Koprowski H. Antibody-directed cytotoxic agents: use of monoclonal antibody to direct the action of toxin A chains to colorectal carcinoma cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1980 Aug; 77(8):4539-43.