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Genetic Variation and Gene Expression of the Antimicrobial Peptide Macins in Asian Buffalo Leech (Hirudinaria manillensis) [PDF]
BiologyWith the growing severity of antibiotic resistance, antimicrobial peptides demonstrate significant potential for medical applications. Here, we performed genome and transcriptome sequencing of 30 Asian buffalo leech (Hirudinaria manillensis) individuals ...
Yunfei Yu +9 more
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Predictive Distribution Modeling of the Medicinal Leech <i>Hirudo verbana</i> Carena, 1820 (Hirudinea, Hirudinidae) in Sicily: Implications for Conservation. [PDF]
Ecol EvolA predictive distribution model for Hirudo verbana in Sicily was developed using 1980–2024 occurrence data and environmental variables. The species is associated with densely vegetated, high‐elevation lentic habitats and avoids human‐disturbed areas.
Liuzzo M, Utevsky S, Marrone F.
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The Faraday Scalpel: Electrochemical Nerve Lesioning Mechanisms Studied in Invertebrate Models. [PDF]
Adv Sci (Weinh)Direct‐current produces nerve lesioning through discrete electrochemical reactions. Using hypoxia‐sensitive locust nerves and hypoxia‐tolerant leech nerves, we map three injury pathways: cathodic oxygen reduction, cathodic alkalization, and anodic chloride oxidation. These findings establish electrochemical lesioning—the “Faraday Scalpel”—as a precise,
Ondráčková P +5 more
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Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum, 2023 During July -August of 2021, thirty-one leeches were collected from two localities in Erbil and its suburbs for studying the morphological features of jaws, denticles,and salivary gland cells.
Huda Sdiq Bilal, Sherwan Tayeb Ahmed
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Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum, 2023 The aim of this study is to describe the leech species that are used in some of the alternative medicine clinics in Baghdad Province based on morphometric measurements and colouring pattern of the body. A collection of twenty leeches was
Batool K. Habeeb, Harith Saeed Al-Warid
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Israeli Journal of Aquaculture (Bamidgeh), 2023 Leeches (Hirudo nipponica), as a kind of aquatic animal, mainly feed on fresh blood. After feeding, they needed to digest for a long time because the intestinal digestive enzyme content is low, so their digestive needed the help of gut microbiota.
Qing Tian +7 more
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British Journal of Pharmacology, 2022 Hirudin variants are the most powerful thrombin inhibitors discovered to date, with a lower risk of bleeding than heparin. For anticoagulation, the C‐termini of hirudin variants bind to the exocite I of thrombin. Anticoagulant effects of gene‐recombinant
Yan Sun +12 more
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Activity-Dependent Modulation of Tonic GABA Currents by Endocannabinoids in Hirudo verbana
Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience, 2022 Endocannabinoids are lipid neuromodulators that are synthesized on demand and primarily signal in a retrograde manner to elicit depression of excitatory and inhibitory synapses.
Riley T. Paulsen, B. Burrell
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, 2022 Published as part of Šatkauskienė, Ingrida & Rutkauskaitė-Sucilienė, Jurgita, 2022, The present state of the leech fauna (Annelida: Hirudinea) in Lithuania, pp.
Šatkauskienė, Ingrida +1 more
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BMC Veterinary Research, 2021 Background Testicular torsion/detorsion triggers tissue ischemia/reperfusion, leading to reactive oxygen species overgeneration and apoptosis. The saliva of leeches is full of anti-inflammatory, anticoagulants, antioxidants, and antimicrobial agents ...
Farshid Davoodi +6 more
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