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Expression of exotoxins can result in resistance of A. actinomycetemcomitans to phagocytosis and neutrophil degranulation. The cytolethal distending toxin (CDT) can cause inhibited proliferation of stimulated lymphocytes, and LtxA induces an inflammatory cell death in the antigen presenting cells, macrophages, and monocytes.
