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. 2013 Jun;77(2):173–207. doi: 10.1128/MMBR.00052-12

TABLE 3.

PFT-induced effects observed in vivo

Pathogena PFTa Presence of PFT effect
Innate immune responses
Barrier dysfunction Vasoconstriction and -dilation and altered blood pressure Vascular and ischemic necrosis Immune evasion
Hijacking of host factors Programmed cell death of nonimmune cells
Inflammation PRRs involved Inflammasome activation Cytotoxicity toward immune cells (direct and via programmed cell death) Intracellular survival of pathogen
S. pneumoniae PLY × × × × × × ×
GAS SLO × × × × × ×
SLS × ×
GBS β-h/c × × × ×
S. aureus PVL × × ×
Alpha-toxin × × × × × ×
γ-hemolysin ×
LukED ×
LukGH ×
B. anthracis ALO × × ×
C. botulinum BLY ×
C. perfringens β-toxin × × ×
ε-toxin × ×
PFO × ×
C. septicum Alpha-toxin ×
C. tetani Tetanolysin ×
L. monocytogenes LLO × ×
M. tuberculosis ESAT-6 × ×
E. coli HlyA × × × ×
V. cholerae VCC × ×
a

See Table 2 for details on these pathogens and PFTs.