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Diversity and Evolutionary Analysis of Venom Insulin Derived from Cone Snails

Toxins
Cone snails possess a diverse array of novel peptide toxins, which selectively target ion channels and receptors in the nervous and cardiovascular systems. These numerous novel peptide toxins are a valuable resource for future marine drug development. In
Qiqi Guo, Meiling Huang, Ming Li, Jiao Chen, Shuanghuai Cheng, Linlin Ma, Bingmiao Gao   +6 more
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Diachronic Trends in Dental Hygiene Over the Last 2000 Years in Milan, Italy: An Exploratory Study

International Journal of Dental Hygiene, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Oral health is a multi‐factorial condition influenced by diet, hygiene and sociocultural habits and its historical evolution can be traced through the bioarchaeological analysis of dento‐skeletal remains, offering unique insights into past lifestyles and public health trends.
Lucie Biehler‐Gomez, Marta Ascoli, Giulia Masini, Maria Claudia Manicone, Dolaji Henin, Claudia Dellavia, Daniela Carmagnola, Alessandro Porro, Cristina Cattaneo, Danilo De Angelis   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

From biology to biotechnology: Host‐regulation factors from parasitoid wasps are a source of bioactive molecules with translational potential

Insect Molecular Biology, EarlyView.
Parasitoid wasps deploy maternal and embryonic factors to reprogramme host physiology. Venom, calyx fluid, polydnaviruses, teratocytes and larval secretions act in a coordinated, compartmentalised manner. Host‐regulation factors are promising sources of insecticidal, antimicrobial and bioinspired translational molecules.
Ciro Pedro G. Pinto, Andrew A. Walker, Glenn F. King   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fig. 4 in SNAIL - an interactive computer program for the determination of Central European freshwater gastropods

, 2017
Fig. 4: Key offered by thee computer proogram SNAIL for determiningg the family oof the Lymnaeidae.Published as part of Sturm, Robert & Snail, 2017, SNAIL - an interactive computer program for the determination of Central European freshwater gastropods ...
Snail, Sturm, Robert
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Colonisation History of Freshwater Snails Across the Atlantic and Mediterranean Islands: Insights From Mercuria (Littorinimorpha, Hydrobiidae)

Zoologica Scripta, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Islands harbour unique biodiversity, and depending on their geological origin, they have fundamentally different colonisation histories: continental islands may contain relict faunas shaped by vicariance and sporadic gene flow, whereas oceanic islands must have been colonised across open seas, often through long‐distance dispersal events ...
Jonathan P. Miller, Omar Sánchez, Vincent Prié, Diana Delicado   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conotoxins that Confer Therapeutic Possibilities

Marine Drugs, 2012
Cone snails produce a distinctive repertoire of venom peptides that are used both as a defense mechanism and also to facilitate the immobilization and digestion of prey.
John A. C. Archer, Vladimir B. Bajic, Magbubah Essack   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Glowing seashells: diversity of fossilized coloration patterns on coral reef-associated cone snail (Gastropoda: Conidae) shells from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
The biology of modern Conidae (cone snails)--which includes the hyperdiverse genus Conus--has been intensively studied, but the fossil record of the clade remains poorly understood, particularly within an evolutionary framework.
Jonathan R Hendricks
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Differentiation and Population Structure of Idyla bicristata (Gastropoda: Clausiliidae) on Euboea, Greece

Zoologica Scripta, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Idyla bicristata is a highly variable rock‐dwelling door snail species living on limestone rocks around the Aegean Sea. The island of Euboea and the adjacent Greek mainland are a hotspot for morphological variability in I. bicristata, resulting in the various forms being named. A population genetic analysis of 23 populations of I.
Elisa Becher, Viktoriia Lebedynska, Jie Xu, Bernhard Hausdorf   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Three New Cytotoxic Steroidal Glycosides Isolated from Conus pulicarius Collected in Kosrae, Micronesia

Marine Drugs, 2017
Three new sulfated steroidal glycosides (3–5), along with known cholesterol derivatives (1,2), were isolated from the visceral extract of the cone snail Conus pulicarius.
Yeon-Ju Lee, Saem Han, Su Hyun Kim, Hyi-Seung Lee, Hee Jae Shin, Jong Seok Lee, Jihoon Lee   +6 more
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Schwann Cells in Physical Nerve Injury and Tumor Perineural Invasion: A Functional Overview and Comparison

Cancer Medicine, Volume 15, Issue 9, September 2026.
ABSTRACT The nervous system exhibits remarkable stability, making its repair challenging. Compared to the central nervous system, peripheral nerve injuries demonstrate a greater potential for regeneration. Schwann cells, the unique myelinating glial cells of the peripheral nervous system, possess striking plasticity and support nerve regeneration ...
Yanni Zheng, Xin Chen, Jiachen Liu, Jiayi Chen, Lei Tang, Wenjun Liu, Yuxin Lin, Xuedong Wei   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source