Blandine Geny

Clostridium sordellii Lethal Toxin Kills Mice by Inducing a Major Increase in Lung Vascular Permeability

Geny, Blandine, Khun, Huot, Fitting, Catherine, Zarantonelli, Leticia, Mazuet, Christelle, Cayet, Nadège, ...

When intraperitoneally injected into Swiss mice, Clostridium sordellii lethal toxin reproduces the fatal toxic shock syndrome observed in humans and animals after natural infection. This animal model...

The Large Clostridial Toxins from Clostridium sordellii and C. difficile Repress Glucocorticoid Receptor Activity▿

Tait, A. Sasha, Dalton, Monique, Geny, Blandine, D'Agnillo, Felice, Popoff, Michel R., Sternberg, Esther M.

We have previously shown that Bacillus anthracis lethal toxin represses glucocorticoid receptor (GR) transactivation. We now report that repression of GR activity also occurs with the large...

Clostridium perfringens Delta Toxin Is Sequence Related to Beta Toxin, NetB, and Staphylococcus Pore-Forming Toxins, but Shows Functional Differences

Manich, Maria, Knapp, Oliver, Gibert, Maryse, Maier, Elke, Jolivet-Reynaud, Colette, Geny, Blandine, ...

Clostridium perfringens produces numerous toxins, which are responsible for severe diseases in man and animals. Delta toxin is one of the three hemolysins released by a number of C. perfringens type...