Engineering the Rod of Asclepius – A Biochemical Investigation of Snake Venom Components and their Application as Potential Cancer Treatments [PDF]
, 2019 In the wild, venom is crucial to many snakes’ success as predators. While antivenin research focuses on combatting venoms’ abilities to disrupt physiological processes, new studies are attempting to manipulate these same abilities into anticancer ...
Pena, Noel
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Snake Venom Hemotoxic Enzymes: Biochemical Comparison between Crotalus Species from Central Mexico
Molecules, 2019 Snakebite envenoming is a serious medical problem in different areas of the world. In Latin America, the major prevalence is due to snakes of the family Viperidae, where rattlesnakes (Crotalus) are included.
Octavio Roldán-Padrón +7 more
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Detection of microbes in the subsurface [PDF]
The search for evidence of microbial life in the deep subsurface of Earth has implications for the Mars Rover Sampling Return Missions program. If suitably protected environments can be found on Mars then the instrumentation to detect biomarkers could be
Tunlid, Anders, White, David C.
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Journal of Lipid Research, 2010 Exosomes are bioactive vesicles released from multivesicular bodies (MVB) by intact cells and participate in intercellular signaling. We investigated the presence of lipid-related proteins and bioactive lipids in RBL-2H3 exosomes.
Caroline Subra +11 more
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Phospholipid Signaling in Crop Plants: A Field to Explore
PlantsIn plant models such as Arabidopsis thaliana, phosphatidic acid (PA), a key molecule of lipid signaling, was shown not only to be involved in stress responses, but also in plant development and nutrition.
Lucas Amokrane +6 more
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INHIBITORY ACTIVITY OF Murraya paniculata AGAINST MYOTOXIC PHOSPHOLIPASES A2
Vitae, 2010 Envenomation by snakes of the genus Bothrops are a health problem in some tropical countries, not only because of the mortality but given the high percentage of physical disabilities it causes.
Tatiana LOBO E. +6 more
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Microbiology and cell biology of the interaction between Listeria monocytogenes and Acanthamoeba spp. [PDF]
, 2007 L. monocytogenes is ubiquitous in environment and can grow and survive in a wide range of environmental conditions. It contaminates foods via raw materials or food processing environments. However, the current knowledge of its ecology and in particular,
Akya, Alisha
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Journal of Lipid ResearchMitochondrial fatty acid oxidation serves as an essential process for cellular survival, differentiation, proliferation, and energy metabolism. Numerous studies have utilized etomoxir (ETO) for the irreversible inhibition of carnitine palmitoylcarnitine ...
Sung Ho Moon +5 more
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Heart failure–induced activation of phospholipase iPLA2γ generates hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids opening the mitochondrial permeability transition pore [PDF]
, 2018 Cedars, Ari M. +8 more
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The role of membrane lipids in the induction of macrophage apoptosis by microparticles [PDF]
, 2018 Microparticles are membrane-derived vesicles that are released from cells during activation or cell death. These particles can serve as mediators of intercellular cross-talk and induce a variety of cellular responses.
Distler, Jörg +8 more
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