Tissue Extract from Brittle Star Undergoing Arm Regeneration Promotes Wound Healing in Rat [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2023 This study set out to evaluate the wound healing properties of brittle star extracts in vitro and in vivo. Due to the great arm regeneration potential of the brittle star, Ophiocoma cynthiae, the present study aimed to evaluate the wound healing effect ...
Arezoo Khoradmehr +2 more
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A brittle star-like robot capable of immediately adapting to unexpected physical damage [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 A major challenge in robotic design is enabling robots to immediately adapt to unexpected physical damage. However, conventional robots require considerable time (more than several tens of seconds) for adaptation because the process entails high ...
Hitoshi Aonuma +2 more
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Neurogenesis during Brittle Star Arm Regeneration Is Characterised by a Conserved Set of Key Developmental Genes. [PDF]
Biology (Basel), 2022 Neural regeneration is very limited in humans but extremely efficient in echinoderms. The brittle star Amphiura filiformis can regenerate both components of its central nervous system as well as the peripheral system, and understanding the molecular ...
Czarkwiani A, Taylor J, Oliveri P.
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Mitochondrial phylogeny of the brittle star genus Ophioderma. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2022 We reconstructed the mitochondrial phylogeny of the species of the brittle star genus Ophioderma, using sequences of the Cytochrome Oxidase I gene (COI) to address four questions: (i) Are the species of Ophioderma described on morphological evidence ...
Lessios HA, Hendler G.
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Opportunistic consumption of coral spawn by the ruby brittle star (Ophioderma rubicundum). [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2023 Many reef invertebrates reproduce through simultaneous broadcast spawning, with an apparent advantage of overwhelming potential predators and maximizing propagule survival.
Williamson OM +5 more
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Miniaturization during a Silurian environmental crisis generated the modern brittle star body plan. [PDF]
Commun Biol, 2022 Thuy et al. report two temporally consecutive species of fossil brittle stars and reveal a process of miniaturization during a Silurian environmental crisis.
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Down-regulation of TGF-β, VEGF, and bFGF in vascular endothelial cells of chicken induced by a brittle star (Ophiocoma erinaceus) extract. [PDF]
Heliyon, 2020 Great attention has been focused on the discovery of anti-angiogenic natural and synthetic compounds to be finally used as or at least a part of the treatment of tumors.
Kachooei SA +6 more
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A new ophiacanthid brittle star (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) from sublittoral crinoid and seagrass communities of late Maastrichtian age in the southeast Netherlands. [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 A new species of brittle star, Ophiomitrella floorae, is recorded from the lower two meters of the Gronsveld Member (Maastricht Formation), of late Maastrichtian age (c. 66.7 Ma).
Thuy B, Numberger-Thuy L, Jagt JWM.
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A Cytotoxic Porphyrin from North Pacific Brittle Star Ophiura sarsii. [PDF]
Mar Drugs, 2020 Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) represents the deadliest form of gynecological tumors currently lacking targeted therapies. The ethanol extract of the North Pacific brittle star Ophiura sarsii presented promising anti-TNBC activities.
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Maintain the light, long-term seasonal monitoring of luminous capabilities in the brittle star Amphiura filiformis. [PDF]
Sci RepThe European brittle star Amphiura filiformis emits blue light, via a Renilla-like luciferase, which depends on the dietary acquisition of coelenterazine.
Coubris C +7 more
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