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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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Snake venoms and hemostasis [PDF]

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2005
Snake venoms are complex mixtures of biologically active proteins and peptides. Many of them affect hemostasis by activating or inhibiting coagulant factors or platelets, or by disrupting endothelium. Based on sequence, these snake venom components have been classified into various families, such as serine proteases, metalloproteinases, C-type lectins,
Lu, Q, Clemetson, JM, Clemetson, Kenneth John   +2 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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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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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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Snake Venom and Ecology

, 2022
Snakes play a very important role in our ecosystem, helping to balance the food web and maintain biodiversity on Earth. This book highlights the extreme ecological importance of snakes with chapters on snake venom and its therapeutic potential and the ...

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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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Antitumor Effects and Mechanisms of Snake Venom: A Systematic Review

, 2023
Snake venom, as a natural biotoxin, is widely present in nature and can act in coordination with a variety of signal regulatory proteins, playing a significant role in the regulation of tumor cell proliferation, metastasis, invasion, and angiogenesis ...
Mark Lloyd G. Dapar, Jianguo Hu
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Inhibition of Hemorragic Snake Venom Components: Old and New Approaches

, 2010
Snake venoms are complex toxin mixtures. Viperidae and Crotalidae venoms, which are hemotoxic, are responsible for most of the envenomations around the world.
RAVERA, SILVIA, CALZIA, DANIELA, PANFOLI, ISABELLA, MORELLI, ALESSANDRO, Panfoli, Ravera, Calzia, Morelli   +7 more
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