title: [Bacterial toxins: old functions, a new use].
abstract: The paper provides current views on the structure and functional activity of bacterial toxins, clinical use of bacterial lipopolysaccharides and their derivatives as immunostimulators, review investigations on the introduction of the botulinic toxin A in ophthalmological and neurological practice, on production of immunotoxins on the basis of protein-natured bacterial toxins as pharmacologically active therapeutic modalities.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Malov
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Pak
mesh_terms: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001419:Bacteria / Q000472:pathogenicity; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000627:therapeutic use* / Q000633:toxicity*; D006801:Humans; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides
vernacular_title: Bakterial'nye toksiny: starye funktsii, novoe primenenie]