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Symbiont Succession during Embryonic Development of the European Medicinal Leech, Hirudo verbana [PDF]

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2009
ABSTRACT The European medicinal leech, Hirudo verbana , harbors simple microbial communities in the digestive tract and bladder. The colonization history, infection frequency, and growth dynamics of symbionts through host embryogenesis are described using diagnostic PCR and quantitative PCR.
Joerg Graf, Rita Rio
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ERGA-BGE reference genome of <i>Hirudo verbana,</i> a once neglected freshwater haematophagous European medicinal leech. [PDF]

Open Res Eur
Hirudo verbana Carena, 1820, commonly known as the southern medicinal leech, is one of several European medicinal leeches, whose full diversity has just recently started to be uncovered.
Manzano-Marín A, Böhne A, Monteiro R, Marcussen T, Struck TH, Oomen RA, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory Team , Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations , Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics Team , Howard C, Howe K, Blaxter M, McCarthy S, Wood JMD, Martin F, Lazar A, Haggerty L, Bortoluzzi C.   +18 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Characterization of a Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase (FAAH) in Hirudo Verbana. [PDF]

Neurochem Res
Abstract The endocannabinoid system plays a critical role in modulating both peripheral and central nervous system function. Despite being present throughout the animal kingdom, there has been relatively little investigation of the endocannabinoid system beyond traditional animal models.
Kabeiseman E, Paulsen RT, Burrell BD.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Draft mitochondrial genomes of <i>Hirudo medicinalis</i> and <i>Hirudo verbana</i> (Annelida, Hirudinea). [PDF]

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour, 2016
Here we present two incomplete mitochondrial genome sequences of Hirudo medicinalis and Hirudo verbana (Annelida, Hirudinea). The corresponding sequences are 14,729 and 14,604 base pairs in length. They contain all mitochondrial genes (13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNAs and two rRNAs) but lack the non-coding region.
Nikitina A, Babenko V, Akopian T, Shirokov D, Manuvera V, Kurdyumov A, Kostryukova E, Lazarev V.   +7 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Antimicrobial Role of RNASET2 Protein During Innate Immune Response in the Medicinal Leech Hirudo verbana. [PDF]

Front Immunol, 2020
The innate immune response represents a first-line defense against pathogen infection that has been widely conserved throughout evolution. Using the invertebrate Hirudo verbana (Annelida, Hirudinea) as an experimental model, we show here that the RNASET2
Baranzini N, De Vito A, Orlandi VT, Reguzzoni M, Monti L, de Eguileor M, Rosini E, Pollegioni L, Tettamanti G, Acquati F, Grimaldi A.   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Exploring the attachment of the Mediterranean medicinal leech (Hirudo verbana) to porous substrates. [PDF]

J R Soc Interface, 2020
Haematophagous ectoparasites must ensure a reliable hold to their host during blood meals and, therefore, have evolved a broad spectrum of versatile and effective attachment mechanisms. The Mediterranean medicinal leech (Hirudo verbana), for example, uses suction on both smooth and textured air-tight substrates.
Kampowski T, Thiemann LL, Kürner L, Speck T, Poppinga S.   +4 more
europepmc   +5 more sources

Internal and External Morphological Characteristics of the Medicinal Leech Species Hirudo sulukii and Hirudo verbana

Türkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi, 2019
Objective:The aim of this study was to investigate the internal and external morphological structures of two species of medicinal leeches (Hirudo sulukii and Hirudo verbana).Methods:Leech specimens were collected from various regions of Turkey between ...
Naim Sağlam
doaj   +3 more sources

An annotated CNS transcriptome of the medicinal leech, Hirudo verbana: De novo sequencing to characterize genes associated with nervous system activity. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2018
The medicinal leech is one of the most venerated model systems for the study of fundamental nervous system principles, ranging from single-cell excitability to complex sensorimotor integration.
Northcutt AJ, Fischer EK, Puhl JG, Mesce KA, Schulz DJ.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Geographical variability of heavy metal concentrations in tissues of medical leeches (Hirudo medicinalis, Hirudo verbana) and in bottom deposit [PDF]

Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2019
We present new data of the comparison of the geographical variability of heavy metal concentrations (Cu, Zn, Mn, Fe, Cd, Pb, Ni) in tissues of medical leeches (Hirudo medicinalis, Hirudo verbana) and in bottom deposit from places of their inhabitation in
Liudmila V. Chernaya, Liudmila A. Kovalchuk, Nikolay V. Mikshevich   +2 more
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Morpho-functional features of Hirudo verbana after girudotherapeutic procedure

Zaporožskij Medicinskij Žurnal, 2013
In the real scientific period hirudotherapy is one of the leading methods of the traditional medicine. The body of the medicinal leech produced unique natural complex of biologically active substances (BAS), which arrive independently in the human or ...
V. K. Sirtsov, A. K. Frolov, E. G. Aliyeva   +2 more
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