Comparative Study of Toxic Effects and Pathophysiology of Envenomations Induced by Carybdea brevipedalia (Cnidaria: Cubozoa) and Nemopilema nomurai (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) Jellyfish Venoms [PDF]
Toxins, 2022 Jellyfish stings can result in local tissue damage and systemic pathophysiological sequelae. Despite constant occurrences of jellyfish stings in oceans throughout the world, the toxinological assessment of these jellyfish envenomations has not been ...
Du Hyeon Hwang +5 more
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Assessing the Utility of Broad-Acting Inhibitors as Therapeutics in Diverse Venoms [PDF]
ToxinsExamination of venom constituent bioactivities from diverse venomous animals shows certain highly conserved classes, including enzymes (e.g., phospholipases and metalloproteinases) and pore-forming proteins.
Raechel Kadler +2 more
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Investigation of Best Practices for Venom Toxin Purification in Jellyfish towards Functional Characterisation [PDF]
Toxins, 2023 The relative lack of marine venom pharmaceuticals can be anecdotally attributed to difficulties in working with venomous marine animals, including how to maintain venom bioactivity during extraction and purification.
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A Review of Toxins from Cnidaria [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2020 Cnidarians have been known since ancient times for the painful stings they induce to humans. The effects of the stings range from skin irritation to cardiotoxicity and can result in death of human beings.
Isabella D’Ambra, Chiara Lauritano
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Updated Nematocyst Types in Tentacle of Venomous Box Jellyfish, Chironex indrasaksajiae (Sucharitakul, 2017) and Chiropsoides buitendijki (Horst, 1907) (Cnidaria, Cubozoa) in Thai Waters [PDF]
ToxinsThe multiple-tentacle box jellyfish, Chironex indrasaksajiae (Sucharitakul, 2017) and Chiropsoides buitendijki (Horst, 1907), are venomous species found in Thai waters.
Thippawan Yasanga +6 more
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Global Neuropeptide Annotations From the Genomes and Transcriptomes of Cubozoa, Scyphozoa, Staurozoa (Cnidaria: Medusozoa), and Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) [PDF]
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2019 During animal evolution, ancestral Cnidaria and Bilateria diverged more than 600 million years ago. The nervous systems of extant cnidarians are strongly peptidergic.
Thomas L. Koch +1 more
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An evolutionary genomics view on neuropeptide genes in Hydrozoa and Endocnidozoa (Myxozoa) [PDF]
BMC Genomics, 2021 Background The animal phylum Cnidaria consists of six classes or subphyla: Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa, Cubozoa, Staurozoa, Anthozoa, and Endocnidozoa. Cnidarians have an early evolutionary origin, diverging before the emergence of the Bilateria.
Thomas L. Koch +2 more
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Comparative Analysis of Convergent Jellyfish Eyes Reveals Extensive Differences in Expression of Vision‐Related Genes [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionQuantifying gene expression across convergent origins of traits clarifies the degree to which those traits arise from shared versus distinct genetic programs, revealing how gene reuse relates to the repeatability of evolution.
Natasha Picciani +8 more
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Differing Effects of Vinegar on Pelagia noctiluca (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) and Carybdea marsupialis (Cnidaria: Cubozoa) Stings—Implications for First Aid Protocols [PDF]
Toxins, 2021 The jellyfish species that inhabit the Mediterranean coastal waters are not lethal, but their stings can cause severe pain and systemic effects that pose a health risk to humans. Despite the frequent occurrence of jellyfish stings, currently no consensus
Ainara Ballesteros +5 more
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Corrigendum: Expression of opsins of the box jellyfish Tripedalia cystophora reveals the first photopigment in cnidarian ocelli and supports the presence of photoisomerases [PDF]
Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2022 Anders Garm +3 more
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