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Neurotoxins from Snake Venom

open access: yesCHIMIA, 1998
Found within snake venoms are a variety of toxic and nontoxic proteins. The effects of snake venoms depend on all of the components of that venom.
Anthony T. Tu
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Snake C-Type Lectins Potentially Contribute to the Prey Immobilization in Protobothrops mucrosquamatus and Trimeresurus stejnegeri Venoms

open access: yesToxins, 2020
Snake venoms contain components selected to immobilize prey. The venoms from Elapidae mainly contain neurotoxins, which are critical for rapid prey paralysis, while the venoms from Viperidae and Colubridae may contain fewer neurotoxins but are likely to ...
Huiwen Tian   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Loss, persistence and reversal of phenotypic traits

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The irreversibility of complex trait loss has long been a tenet of evolutionary biology. However, this idea is increasingly at odds with the numerous documented exceptions across the Tree of Life. We synthesise this growing body of evidence across a diverse array of taxa and traits, exploring the evolutionary conditions that enable ...
Giobbe Forni   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Anti-inflammatory activity of Blutaparon portulacoides ethanolic extract against the inflammatory reaction induced by Bothrops jararacussu venom and isolated myotoxins BthTX-I and II [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This article reports the anti-inflammatory effect of Blutaparon portulacoides (B. portulacoides), specifically the ethanolic extract of its aerial parts, on the edema formation and leukocyte influx caused by Bothrops jararacussu (B.
BARBOSA, AM   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

A Review of Overcurrent Protection in Smart Grids Under Cyber‐Physical Threats With a Cyber‐Physical Evaluation Framework

open access: yesEnergy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
By manipulating current and voltage measurements, an assailant can induce unwanted relay action while attempting to avoid detection. Detecting advanced cyber intrusions in power protection environments requires specialised data analysis and anomaly detection methods.
Feras Alasali   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Innovations in Snake Venom-Derived Therapeutics: A Systematic Review of Global Patents and Their Pharmacological Applications

open access: yesToxins
Active compounds from natural sources, particularly snake venoms, are crucial for pharmaceutical development despite challenges in drug discovery. Snake venoms, historically used for medicinal purposes, contain bioactive peptides and enzymes that show ...
Diana Carolina Zona Rubio   +2 more
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Diversity of Micrurus snake species related to their venom toxic effects and the prospective of antivenom neutralization.

open access: yesPLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2010
BackgroundMicrurus snake bites can cause death by muscle paralysis and respiratory arrest, few hours after envenomation. The specific treatment for coral snake envenomation is the intravenous application of heterologous antivenom and, in Brazil, it is ...
Gabriela D Tanaka   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Venoms of Rear-Fanged Snakes: New Proteins and Novel Activities

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019
Snake venom research has focused on front-fanged venomous snakes because of the high incidence of human morbidity and mortality from envenomations and larger venom yields of these species, while venoms from rear-fanged snakes have been largely neglected.
Cassandra M. Modahl, Stephen P. Mackessy
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The absence of thrombin-like activity in Bothrops erythromelas venom is due to the deletion of the snake venom thrombin-like enzyme gene.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2021
Snake venom thrombin-like enzymes (SVTLEs) are serine proteinases that clot fibrinogen. SVTLEs are distributed mainly in venoms from snakes of the Viperidae family, comprising venomous pit viper snakes.
Nicholas P Lotto   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Role of Endothelin‐1 in Autoimmune Diseases: Mechanistic Insights and Therapeutic Targets

open access: yesiNew Medicine, EarlyView.
The Role of Endothelin‐1 in Autoimmune Diseases. NF‐κB: nuclear factor kappa‐B; MAPK: mitogen‐activated protein kinase; PI3K: phosphoinositide 3‐kinase; ROS: reactive oxygen species; CTGF: connective tissue growth factor; TGF‐β: transforming growth factor‐β.
Xun Gong   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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