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Neurotoxicity fingerprinting of venoms using on-line microfluidic AChBP profiling

, 2018
Venoms from snakes are rich sources of highly active proteins with potent affinity towards a variety of enzymes and receptors. Of the many distinct toxicities caused by envenomation, neurotoxicity plays an important role in the paralysis of prey by ...
Casewell, Nicholas R., Jeroen Kool, Janaki Iyer, Niessen, Wilfried M.A., Reka A. Otvos, Visser, Jeroen C., August B. Smit, van Doodewaerd, Bjorn R., Jeroen C. Visser, Kini, R. Manjunatha, Cardoso, Fernanda C., Wilfried M.A. Niessen, Richard J. Lewis, R. Manjunatha Kini, Fernanda C. Cardoso, Kool, Jeroen, Casewell, Nick; id_orcid, Iyer, Janaki, Bjorn R. van Doodewaerd, Ryan J.R. McCleary, Slagboom, Julien, Nicholas R. Casewell, Somsen, Govert W., Otvos, Reka A., Lewis, Richard J., Govert W. Somsen, Niessen, Wilfried M.A.; id_orcid, McCleary, Ryan J.R., Smit, August B., Julien Slagboom   +29 more
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Activity of two key toxin groups in Australian elapid venoms show a strong correlation to phylogeny but not to diet. [PDF]

BMC Evol Biol, 2020
Tasoulis T, Lee MSY, Ziajko M, Dunstan N, Sumner J, Isbister GK.   +5 more
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Snake bite in South Asia: a review

, 2010
Snake bite is one of the most neglected public health issues in poor rural communities living in the tropics. Because of serious misreporting, the true worldwide burden of snake bite is not known.
Alirol, Emilie, Sharma Sanjib Kumar, Kuch, Ulrich, Sharma, Sanjib Kumar, Sanjib Kumar Sharma, Alirol Emilie, Bawaskar, Himmatrao Saluba, Emilie Alirol, François Chappuis, Kuch Ulrich, Ulrich Kuch, Himmatrao Saluba Bawaskar, Chappuis, François, Chappuis François, Bawaskar Himmatrao Saluba   +14 more
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Aligning Post-Column ESI-MS, MALDI-MS, and Coagulation Bioassay Data of Naja spp., Ophiophagus hannah, and Pseudonaja textillis Venoms Chromatographically to Assess MALDI-MS and ESI-MS Complementarity with Correlation of Bioactive Toxins to Mass Spectrometric Data

Toxins
Snakebite is a serious health issue in tropical and subtropical areas of the world and results in various pathologies, such as hemotoxicity, neurotoxicity, and local swelling, blistering, and tissue necrosis around the bite site.
Haifeng Xu, Susan El-Asal, Hafsa Zakri, Rama Mutlaq, Natascha T. B. Krikke, Nicholas R. Casewell, Julien Slagboom, Jeroen Kool   +7 more
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Anti-inflammatory peptides and proteins from venomous snakes: a short review

Journal of Biological Research
Inflammation can be acute or chronic. Chronic inflammation is a condition associated with several diseases like cardiovascular and neurodegenerative disorders, and even cancer.
Fernando Lazcano-Pérez, Adrián Marcelo Franco-Vásquez, Ayetza Mathob Rodríguez-García, Roberto Arreguin-Espinosa   +3 more
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The hyaluronidase activities of some Southeast Asian snake venoms.

, 1988
The hyaluronidase activities of venoms of snakes indigenous to Southeast Asia were investigated. With the exception of the venom of the Malayan krait Bungarus candidus, the elapid venoms had either little or no hyaluronidase activities, whereas the ...
Bunnag, D, Pukrittayakamee, S, Desakorn, V, Mcmichael, AJ, White, NJ, White, Nicholas, Mcmichael, Andrew, Warrell, DA   +7 more
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Antimicrobial Activity of Micrurus Venoms and Bioactive Films Functionalized with Purified L-Amino Acid Oxidase

Toxins
Phytopathogenic bacteria and fungi significantly reduce fruit and vegetable yields, resulting in substantial economic losses. Conventional management relies on synthetic agrochemicals; however, their intensive use poses risks to human health ...
Vitelbina Núñez Rangel, Paola Rey-Suárez, Daniel Buitrago-Chinchilla, Laura Reyes-Méndez, Leidy Gómez-Sampedro, Alejandro Carmona-Jiménez, Mateo Rivillas-Ochoa, Adriana Muñoz-Bravo   +7 more
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Why is Skeletal Muscle Regeneration Impaired after Myonecrosis Induced by Viperid Snake Venoms?

, 2018
Skeletal muscle regeneration after myonecrosis involves the activation, proliferation and fusion of myogenic cells, and a coordinated inflammatory response encompassing phagocytosis of necrotic cell debris, and the concerted synthesis of cytokines and ...
Rucavado Romero, Alexandra, Rucavado, A, Patricia Saravia-Otten, Gastaldello, S,, Gastaldello, Stefano, Saravia-Otten, P, Stefano Gastaldello, José María Gutiérrez, Alexandra Rucavado, Saravia Otten, Ingrid Patricia, José Gutiérrez, Hernández, Rosario, Maria, Gutierrez J, Hernandez, R, Escalante, T, José María Gutiérrez, Rosario Hernández, Escalante Muñoz, Teresa, Teresa Escalante, Gutiérrez, José María   +19 more
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Differential action of medically important Indian BIG FOUR snake venoms on rodent blood coagulation

, 2016
Snakebite is a global health problem affecting millions of people. According to WHO, India has the highest mortality and/or morbidity due to snakebite. In spite of commendable research on Indian BIG FOUR venomous species; Naja naja and Bungarus caeruleus
Amog, Prathap Urs, Vishwanath, B. S., Suvilesh, K. N., Rudresha, G. V., Yariswamy, M., Joshi, Vikram, Hiremath, Vilas, Savitha, M. N., Nanjaraj Urs, A. N.   +8 more
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Factors in snake venoms that increase capillary permeability

, 1989
Capillary permeability increasing (CPI) activity is a phenomenon of the microvasculature caused by many agents such as snake venoms, histamine, 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), prostaglandins and leukotrienes.
Roger A Miller, Anthony T Tu
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