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Reappraisal of Vipera aspis venom neurotoxicity. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2007
BACKGROUND: The variation of venom composition with geography is an important aspect of intraspecific variability in the Vipera genus, although causes of this variability remain unclear.
Elisabeth Ferquel, Luc de Haro, Virginie Jan, Isabelle Guillemin, Sabine Jourdain, Alexandre Teynié, Jacques d'Alayer, Valérie Choumet   +7 more
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Snake venom toxin from vipera lebetina turanica induces apoptosis of colon cancer cells via upregulation of ROS- and JNK-mediated death receptor expression

BMC Cancer, 2012
Background Abundant research suggested that the cancer cells avoid destruction by the immune system through down-regulation or mutation of death receptors.
Park Mi, Jo MiRan, Won Dohee, Song Ho, Han Sang, Song Min, Hong Jin   +6 more
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Is the South American water snake Helicops Angulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Ddipsadidae:Xenodontinae) venomous? [PDF]

, 2012
The dipsadid genus Helicops comprises sixteen species ocurring in all South American countries, with the exception of Chile. Such aquatic snakes inhabit rivers and lagoons of Tropical areas; all species have enlarged rear teeth, although a sulcus is ...
Rodríguez Torres, Alexandra, Serna, Lucía, Rodríguez Acosta, Alexis, Navarrete Sierra, Luis F., Estrella, Amalid   +4 more
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Snake Venom, an Unbeheld Drug for Nipah Virus? A Lead from Ayurveda [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018
Newly emerging viral fevers are affecting the people all over the world. Recently Nipah outbreak occurred in Kerala (May 2018) and claimed many deaths. Anti-viral drugs for these dangerous viruses have not been discovered yet. A major hurdle is the low
Preethi Mohan
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Anti-snake venom: use and adverse reaction in a snake bite study clinic in Bangladesh

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2008
Snakebites can present local or systemic envenomation, while neurotoxicity and respiratory paralysis are the main cause of death. The mainstay of management is anti-snake venom (ASV), which is highly effective, but liable to cause severe adverse ...
MR Amin, SMH Mamun, R Rashid, M Rahman, A Ghose, S Sharmin, MR Rahman, MA Faiz   +7 more
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Proteomic Identification and Quantification of Snake Venom Biomarkers in Venom and Plasma Extracellular Vesicles

Toxins, 2021
The global exploration of snakebites requires the use of quantitative omics approaches to characterize snake venom as it enters into the systemic circulation.
Nicholas Kevin Willard, Emelyn Salazar, Fabiola Alejandra Oyervides, Cierra Siobhrie Wiebe, Jack Sutton Ocheltree, Mario Cortez, Ricardo Pedro Perez, Harry Markowitz, Anton Iliuk, Elda Eliza Sanchez, Montamas Suntravat, Jacob Anthony Galan   +11 more
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Snakes on a plain: biotic and abiotic factors determine venom compositional variation in a wide-ranging generalist rattlesnake

BMC Biology, 2023
Background Snake venoms are trophic adaptations that represent an ideal model to examine the evolutionary factors that shape polymorphic traits under strong natural selection.
Cara F. Smith, Zachary L. Nikolakis, Kathleen Ivey, Blair W. Perry, Drew R. Schield, Neil R. Balchan, Joshua Parker, Kirk C. Hansen, Anthony J. Saviola, Todd A. Castoe, Stephen P. Mackessy   +10 more
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Clinical effectiveness of hymenoptera venom immunotherapy [PDF]

, 2013
Treatment failure during venom immunotherapy (VIT) may be associated with a variety of risk factors. Our aim was to evaluate the association of baseline serum tryptase concentration (BTC) and of other parameters with the frequency of VIT failure during ...
Scheipl, Fabian, Darsow, Ulf, Reider, Norbert, Bonifazi, Floriano, Aberer, Werner, Schmid-Grendelmeier, Peter, Ruëff, Franziska, Treudler, Regina, Biló, Maria Beatrice, Sturm, Gunter Johannes, Küchenhoff, Helmut, Severino, Maurizio, Wüthrich, Brunello, Seitz, Michael J., Quercia, Oliviero, Bodzenta-Lukaszyk, Anna, Lang, Roland, Haeberli, Gabrielle, Campi, Paolo, Hawranek, Thomas, Müller, Ulrich, Przybilla, Bernhard   +21 more
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Proteomic insight into the venom composition of the largest European rear-fanged snake, Malpolon monspessulanus monspessulanus

Toxicon: X, 2022
Snake envenomations constitute a worldwide neglected tropical disease, with the vast majority of lethal bites inflicted by front-fanged snakes from the viperid and elapid groups.
Dominique Koua, Anicet Ebou, Zeinab Habbouche, Jean-Marie Ballouard, Sébastien Caron, Xavier Bonnet, Sébastien Dutertre   +6 more
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Retrospective analysis of snake victims in Northern India admitted in a tertiary level institute

Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology, 2012
Context: Snake bites are the common cause of morbidity and mortality in tropical countries. Aims: To analyze the outcome of snake bite victims Settings and Design: Retrospective analysis of data from Intensive care unit, Department of Anesthesiology.
Syed Moied Ahmed, Abu Nadeem, Mohd. Sabihul Islam, Shiwani Agarwal, Lalit Singh   +4 more
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