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Comparison between two methods of scorpion venom milking in Morocco

open access: yesJournal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2013
Background The present study compared two methods used successfully in a large-scale program for the collection of scorpion venoms, namely the milking of adult scorpions via manual and electrical stimulation.
Naoual Oukkache   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Structure-function strategies to improve the pharmacological value of animal toxins. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
ISBN : 978-0-12-369442-3Animal venoms are rich sources of bioactive compounds that possess obvious pharmacological, therapeutic and/or biotechnological values.
de Waard, Michel, Sabatier, Jean-Marc
core   +3 more sources

Pond frog as a predator of hornet workers: High tolerance to venomous stings

open access: yesEcosphere, Volume 16, Issue 12, December 2025.
Abstract Some animals use stingers to repel attackers, and some predators have evolved tolerance to such stings, enabling them to consume venomous prey. For example, social wasps, such as hornets, use modified ovipositors as venomous stingers to inject venom, which can cause intense pain in humans.
Shinji Sugiura
wiley   +1 more source

Venom Gland Transcriptomic and Proteomic Analyses of the Enigmatic Scorpion Superstitionia donensis (Scorpiones: Superstitioniidae), with Insights on the Evolution of Its Venom Components

open access: yesToxins, 2016
Venom gland transcriptomic and proteomic analyses have improved our knowledge on the diversity of the heterogeneous components present in scorpion venoms. However, most of these studies have focused on species from the family Buthidae.
Carlos E. Santibáñez-López   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Cell‐Penetrating Scorpion Venom Peptide Disrupts the HSP90β‐PPARα Interaction to Ameliorate Metabolic Dysfunction‐Associated Steatotic Liver Disease

open access: yesiMetaMed, Volume 1, Issue 2, December 2025.
In MASLD, increased HSP90β interacts with PPARα, thereby inhibiting PPARα activation via the inhibition of its nuclear translocation. BmK Tx‐2, a cell‐penetrating peptide from Buthus martensii Karsch scorpion venom, enters hepatocytes via macropinocytosis and escapes endosomes to bind HSP90β.
Erjin Xu   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intervertebral Disc Proteoglycans: Multifunctional Tissue Stabilizing and Instructional Cell Regulatory Proteins That Control Tissue Homeostasis

open access: yesJOR SPINE, Volume 8, Issue 4, December 2025.
Matrix and cell‐associated proteoglycans are important tissue‐stabilizing, weight‐bearing, and tension‐resisting proteins in the intervertebral disc. Their glycosaminoglycan components have growth factor binding and cell‐instructive properties that allow cells to regulate tissue composition and function.
James Melrose
wiley   +1 more source

Subtype Specificity of β-Toxin Tf1a from Tityus fasciolatus in Voltage Gated Sodium Channels

open access: yesToxins, 2018
Scorpion venoms are a complex mixture of components. Among them the most important are peptides, which presents the capacity to interact and modulate several ion channel subtypes, including voltage-gated sodium channels (NaV).
Daniel Oliveira da Mata   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A biodistribution study of Hemiscorpius lepturus scorpion venom and available polyclonal antivenom in rats [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the biodistribution profile of the venom of Hemiscorpius lepturus, the most dangerous scorpion in Iran.
Babaee, MH   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Gene and Genome Duplication in Spiders

open access: yesJournal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, Volume 344, Issue 7, Page 379-393, November 2025.
In chelicerates whole genome duplications (WGDs) were identified in distinct groups. While there is evidence that Xiphosurans/horseshoe crabs had three rounds of WGD and arachnopulmonates (e.g. spiders and scorpions) had one WGD, in many other arachnid groups no WGD was identified.
Chetan Munegowda   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hepato- and nephroprotective effects of bradykinin potentiating factor from scorpion (Buthus occitanus) venom on mercuric chloride-treated rats [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Bioactive peptides such as bradykinin potentiating factor (BPF), have, anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory and ameliorative effects in chronic diseases and play a potential role in cancer prevention.
Hammad, Seddik   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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