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What is a cytotoxin?

What is a cytotoxin? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (cytology) Any substance having a specific toxic effect on certain cells
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Comparative studies of EIA kits reported that the sensitivity and specificity are slightly lower than cytotoxin assays.
Toxin detection by a tissue culture cytotoxin assay followed by neutralisation with specific antiserum is often considered the standard.
A method for culturing H. pylori to produce a vacuolating cytotoxin, wherein H. pylori is cultured in a medium comprising more than 1 gl-1 of glucose.
While remaining innocuous to the normal tissues, the prodrug is converted to the cytotoxin by the enzyme localised at the tumour.
The gold standard for the diagnosis of C. difficile-mediated disease is a cytotoxin assay.
The toxins are pro-inflammatory enterotoxins, but toxin B is a more potent cytotoxin.

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