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Understanding the Type 2 Immunity: An Evolving View Beyond Allergic Diseases

open access: yesAllergy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Type 2 (T2) immunity is classically associated with defense against helminths and environmental threats, from a physiological perspective, and with allergies and eosinophilic inflammatory diseases, in a pathological sense. However, growing evidence reveals that T2 pathways also support other essential homeostatic functions, including tissue ...
Rodrigo Jiménez‐Saiz   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cancer pain: current practice and emerging targets

open access: yesBritish Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Cancer pain (CP) arises from a complex interplay between the tumour and its microenvironment. Many patients experience a mixed pain phenotype that encompasses nociceptive, neuropathic and neuroinflammatory mechanisms, and vary across tumour type and disease stage. Despite decades of intensive research, the mainstay of cancer pain treatment is still non‐
Yi Ye   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Toxicity and symptomatic identification of species involved in snakebites in the Indian subcontinent

open access: yesJournal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2006
Snakebites, being the major occupational hazard for farm workers, claim a large number of lives in the Indian subcontinent. During the course of medical management, identification of the biting species is given a low priority, resorting to prescription ...
V. Kumar, R. Maheshwari, H. K. Verma
doaj   +1 more source

Cobra Venom Neutralization Effect by Hemidesmus indicus Root Extract

open access: yesEurasian Journal of Science and Engineering, 2022
Hemidesmus indicus (Apocynaceae) has been utilized traditionally in the Indian subcontinent for the treatment of snakebites and scorpion stings. It has also several beneficial bioactivities in human beings such as antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory and skin
Jaswanth Albert   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Human–Animal Comparisons: Supporting and Criticizing Female Subjugation in Renaissance Italy

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Studying gender history through an animal history lens, or vice versa, simultaneously increases our knowledge of ideas about gender and human–animal relations. This approach has particular merit for the Renaissance period, as it witnessed an upsurge in discourse about both the human–animal divide and the distinction between men and women.
Marlisa den Hartog
wiley   +1 more source

In silico studies for the identification of lead phytocompounds as Naja nigricollis venom antidote from selected Nigerian anti-snake venom plants

open access: yesJournal of BioScience and Biotechnology
Several plants used in traditional setting of Nigeria for the treatment of snake bites have been subjected to preliminary snake venom neutralization activity validation and some phytocompounds have been identified and isolated in their extracts.
Abdulhafiz Lamiya   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Endotoxins and Biological Implications—Review

open access: yesPublic Health Challenges, Volume 5, Issue 4, December 2026.
Graphical overview of endotoxin sources, exposure routes, biological effects, detection methods, and routes of elimination. ABSTRACT Endotoxins, also known as lipopolysaccharides (LPSs), are structural components of the outer membrane of Gram‐negative bacteria and some cyanobacteria.
Uzair Ishtiaq   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Medicinal Plants of Chhattisgarh with Anti-Snake Venom Property

open access: yes, 2012
Snakebite is a major health hazard that leads to high mortality rate especially in India. Sincethe last century, antivenom immunotherapy is the only specific treatment against snakevenom envenomation. However, antiserum does not provide enough protection againstvenom induced hemorrhage, necrosis, nephrotoxicity and often develops ...
Vinod Minu   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

Anti-cobra venom activity of plant Andrographis paniculata and its comparison with polyvalent anti-snake venom

open access: yesJournal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine, 2011
To investigate the anti-cobra venom effect of alcoholic extract of Andrographis paniculata.After calculating the LD(99) of snake venom, the venom-neutralizing ability of plant extract at the dose 1 g/kg and 2 g/kg was determined using in vitro and in vivo methods. The alleviation in the mean survival time of the animals were used to infer the antivenom
Premendran, S. Jhon   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Phase II Clinical Trial to Establish Efficacy of a Locally Appropriate Bivalent Anti Snake Venom in Pakistan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Objective: This study was conducted to determine the efficacy of Snake anti-venom Immunoglobulin [IgG] manufactured by Anti-Snake Venom [ASV]/Anti-Rabies [ARV] Serology Laboratory, Health Department, Government of Sindh.
null Sharib S. Muhammad   +16 more
core   +1 more source

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