Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a lifethreatening complication brought about by a variety of insults ranging from physical injury to viral infection to toxin exposure. One such provocateur is ricin, a type II ribosome-inactivating protein (RIP) or ribotoxin found in castor beans (Ricinus communis). 1-3 Ricin's B subunit (RTB) is a Gal/GalNAc-specific lectin that adheres to glycoproteins and glycolipids on cell surfaces and promotes
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