Proteomic characterization of <i>Tityus championi</i> venom and recombinant expression of its major neurotoxin. [PDF]
J Venom Anim Toxins Incl Trop DisBackground: Tityus championi is a species endemic to the southern Talamanca Mountain Range, along the border region between Costa Rica and Panama, and has been associated with severe clinical cases.
Muñoz-Agames MDC +8 more
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<i>Tityus serrulatus</i> Scorpion Venom-Induced Nociceptive Responses Depend on TRPV1, Immune Cells, and Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines. [PDF]
Toxins (Basel)For centuries, researchers have been fascinated by the composition of scorpion venom and its local and systemic effects on humans. During a sting, scorpions inject peptides and proteins that can affect immune cells and neurons.
Ferraz CR +13 more
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Pioneering Comparative Proteomic and Enzymatic Profiling of Amazonian Scorpion Venoms Enables the Isolation of Their First α-Ktx, Metalloprotease, and Phospholipase A<sub>2</sub>. [PDF]
Toxins (Basel)Scorpionism is a growing public health concern in Brazil, with the Amazon region presenting the highest mortality rates but remaining understudied, especially regarding local scorpion venoms composition.
Bordon KCF +9 more
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Immunomodulatory effect of Tityus sp. in mononuclear cells extracted from the blood of rheumatoid arthritis patients. [PDF]
J Venom Anim Toxins Incl Trop DisBackground: Pathophysiological mechanisms of rheumatoid arthritis arise because of a proinflammatory environment, generated by the interaction of autoreactive lymphocytes and proinflammatory mediators.
Tobar CGR +8 more
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Bringing order to a complex system: phenotypic and genotypic evidence contribute to the taxonomy of Tityus (Scorpiones, Buthidae) and support the description of a new species [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2021 We present a molecular phylogenetic analysis including a survey for overlooked phenotypic characters. Based on both analysis and characters a new cave-dwelling species is described: Tityus (Tityus) spelaeus sp. nov.
Jairo A. Moreno-González +2 more
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Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2021 Background: Almost all Tityus characterized toxins are from subgenera Atreus and Tityus, there are only a few data about toxins produced by Archaeotityus, an ancient group in Tityus genus. Methods: Tityus (Archaeotityus) mattogrossensis crude venom was
Natiela Beatriz de Oliveira +8 more
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Scorpions from Ceará State, Brazil: Distribution and ecological comments
Revista Peruana de Biología, 2022 Scorpions are venomous synanthropic arachnids, in 2019 they were responsible for more than 37000 cases of envenomation in the state of Ceará, Northeastern Brazil.
Jacqueline Ramos Machado Braga +3 more
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Revista de la Sociedad Científica del Paraguay, 2022 El escorpionismo, como se denomina al cuadro clínico producido por la picadura de escorpiones tóxicos en humanos, es un problema de salud pública en áreas urbanas y rurales de la América Tropical, incluyendo Paraguay, asociado a pobreza y a la falta de ...
Eustacio Cáceres +5 more
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New Fossil Scorpion from the Chiapas Amber Lagerstätte. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 A new species of scorpion is described based on a rare entire adult male preserved in a cloudy amber from Miocene rocks in the Chiapas Highlands, south of Mexico.
Francisco Riquelme +7 more
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Arthropoda, Arachnida, Scorpiones: Estação Científica Ferreira Penna and Juruti Plateau, Pará, Brazil [PDF]
Check List, 2007 Six scorpion species were recorded using pitfall traps with drift-fences in the Amazonian terra firme forest of Estação Científica Ferreira Penna, Floresta Nacional de Caxiuanã, Melgaço, Pará, Brazil, during four expeditions in 2003: Brotheas sp ...
Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha +3 more
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