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Evolution Stings: The Origin and Diversification of Scorpion Toxin Peptide Scaffolds

Toxins, 2013
The episodic nature of natural selection and the accumulation of extreme sequence divergence in venom-encoding genes over long periods of evolutionary time can obscure the signature of positive Darwinian selection.
Kartik Sunagar, Eivind A. B. Undheim, Angelo H. C. Chan, Ivan Koludarov, Sergio A. Muñoz-Gómez, Agostinho Antunes, Bryan G. Fry   +6 more
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Identification and expression analysis of antibacterial peptides from venom of the scorpion Mesobuthus martensii

Frontiers in Microbiology
IntroductionAs one kind of important component of animal innate immune system, many antibacterial peptides (ABPs) have been characterized from scorpion venoms.
Gaomin Liu, Jiaqi Xu, Yan Tan, Wenzhen Wang, Hua Ling, Zhijian Cao, Zhifeng Li   +6 more
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A comparison of honeybee and scorpion venoms as anticancer agents against three different cancer cell lines: lung, colon, and breast cancer

Frontiers in Toxicology
Owing to the drawbacks and adverse effects associated with conventional cancer therapies, there is growing interest in identifying effective natural alternatives. In this study, the anticancer potential of honeybee and scorpion venoms was evaluated using
Fatma H. Galal, Fahad M. Alshammari, Abdulrahman S. Aldaghmi, Elsayed E. Hafez, Ghada M. El-Sayed, Riyadh H. Aeban, Saad A. Alharbi   +6 more
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Comparative Histological Characterization of the Venom Apparatus in Five Iranian Scorpion Species

Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases
Background: Scorpion envenomation represents a significant public health concern worldwide. The telson is located at the distal part of the metasoma, where venom is secreted from a pair of venom glands.
Parisa Soltan-Alinejad, Hossein Kargar-Jahromi, Fatemeh Karimi, Kourosh Azizi   +3 more
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Antigenic Cross-Reactivity Anti-Birtoxin Antibody against Androctonus crassicauda Venom

Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases, 2015
Background: Antivenom is still widely used in the treatment of envenomation as there are no vaccines or other effective agents available against animal venoms.
SuhandanAdigüzel Van-Zoelen, Ozcan Ozkan, Bora Inceoglu   +2 more
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Effects of Hemiscorpius lepturus scorpion venom fractions on cytokine release in male rats [PDF]

مجله علوم پزشکی فیض (پیوسته)
Background and Aim: The secretion and activation of cytokines play a significant role in the pathogenesis of scorpion venom. This study aimed to investigate the effects of Hemiscorpius lepturus scorpion venom fractions on the release of IL-1, IL-6, and ...
Daniel Shaebannia, Mohammad Razi jalali, Ali Shahrirari, Hedieh Jafari, Masoumeh Ahmadi zadeh   +4 more
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Differential comparison on protein components of the venoms obtained from two species of the Iranian endemic scorpions, Buthidae family

Iranian South Medical Journal, 2012
Background: Two Dimensional Electrophoresis (2DE) is the most commonly and useful separation technique in proteomics. Each proteome snapshot becomes a protein profile. By means of this technique, several proteins are studied simultaneously.
Alireza Farahmandzad, Rahim Sarvari, Firooz Ebrahimi, Mehdi Kamali, Jamil Zargan   +4 more
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Scorpion venom as a source of new antimicrobial agents. [PDF]

Front Microbiol
Zhang Y, Wu R.
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Scorpion venom peptides: Novel therapeutic approaches for inflammatory and hepatic disorders. [PDF]

ILIVER
Doctor J, Parikh Z, Chauhan A, Raina A.
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Envenomization with Snake Versus Scorpion Venom: Postmortem Repercussions on the Successional Dynamics of Carcass-Attracted Flies in a Forensic Context. [PDF]

Insects
Al-Qurashi AS, Al-Khalifa MS, Al Dhafer HM, Abdel-Dayem MS, Ebaid H, Ahmed AM.   +5 more
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