Atypical Pulmonary Thrombosis Caused by a Toxic Cyanobacterial Peptide
- 24 June 1983
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 220 (4604), 1383-1385
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.6407109
Abstract
Parenteral injection into mice of a toxic pentapeptide isolated from the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa induced thrombocytopenia, pulmonary thrombi, and hepatic congestion. The lethality of the toxin was unaffected by several anticoagulants. The acute liver damage that follows injection of the toxin has been attributed to direct action on liver cells but may be due to hypoxemia, heart failure, and shock.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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