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Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2011 Currently, medically significant scorpion species belong to the Buthidae family and are represented by the genera Androctonus, Buthus, Mesobuthus, Hottentotta, Parabuthus, Tityus, Centruroides, Leiurus.
O Ozkan, EA Yagmur, M Ark
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Transcriptome analysis of the venom gland of the scorpion
BMC Genomics, 2009 Background The family Euscorpiidae, which covers Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, is one of the most widely distributed scorpion groups. However, no studies have been conducted on the venom of a Euscorpiidae species yet.
Wu Yingliang +7 more
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Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2017 Introduction: Scorpion venom contains peptides with neurotoxic action primarily active on ion channels in the nervous system of insects and mammals. They are also characterized as cytolytic and anticancer, biological characteristics that have not yet ...
Clara Andrea Rincón-Cortés +2 more
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Case Reports in Critical Care, 2018 Background. Severe scorpion envenomation can lead to severe neurological manifestations, which are an indicator of the severity of the scorpion sting. The direct action of scorpion venom on the central nervous system can explain partly these neurological
Mabrouk Bahloul +5 more
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A Deeper Examination of Thorellius atrox Scorpion Venom Components with Omic Technologies
Toxins, 2017 This communication reports a further examination of venom gland transcripts and venom composition of the Mexican scorpion Thorellius atrox using RNA-seq and tandem mass spectrometry.
Teresa Romero-Gutierrez +5 more
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Unveiling the Diversity and Modifications of Short Peptides in Buthus martensii Scorpion Venom through Liquid Chromatography-High Resolution Mass Spectrometry [PDF]
ToxinsMore recently, short peptides in scorpion venom have received much attention because of their potential for drug discovery. Although various biological effects of these short peptides have been found, their studies have been hindered by the lack of ...
Ling Zeng +8 more
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Exon Shuffling and Origin of Scorpion Venom Biodiversity
Toxins, 2016 Scorpion venom is a complex combinatorial library of peptides and proteins with multiple biological functions. A combination of transcriptomic and proteomic techniques has revealed its enormous molecular diversity, as identified by the presence of a ...
Xueli Wang, Bin Gao, Shunyi Zhu
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Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases, 2015 Background: In this study, we investigated the lethal potency, electrophoretic protein pattern and in vivo effects of Hottentotta saulcyi scorpion venom in mice. Methods: Scorpions were collected at night, by using a UV lamp from Mardin Province, Turkey.
ErsenAydın Yağmur +2 more
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F2 peptide fraction of Androctonus crassicauda scorpion venom: Inducing M2 to M1 macrophage polarization and inhibiting colon carcinoma cell proliferation and migration [PDF]
Avicenna Journal of PhytomedicineObjective: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is among the deadliest malignancies, often diagnosed at advanced stages, limiting treatment efficacy and necessitating alternative therapeutic approaches.
Noushin Ghadiri +5 more
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Pharmacological Research, 2023 Animal venom is an important evolutionary innovation in nature. As one of the most representative animal venoms, scorpion venom contains an extremely diverse set of bioactive peptides.
Zhiqiang Xia +4 more
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