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Monkeying around with venom: an increased resistance to α-neurotoxins supports an evolutionary arms race between Afro-Asian primates and sympatric cobras

BMC Biology, 2021
Background Snakes and primates have a multi-layered coevolutionary history as predators, prey, and competitors with each other. Previous work has explored the Snake Detection Theory (SDT), which focuses on the role of snakes as predators of primates and ...
Richard J. Harris, K. Anne-Isola Nekaris, Bryan G. Fry   +2 more
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ANTIVIRAL EFFECT OF THE EGYPTIAN BEE VENOM (BV) AND ITS FRACTION (PLA2) ON INFLUENZA VIRUS: IN-VITRO STUDY [PDF]

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2020
Influenza is a viral infection that attacks the respiratory system. For most people, the fludisappears on its own but sometimes the flu and its complications can be deadly. This studyestablished a new trend to treat Influenza virus by using bee venom and
AYMAN T. A. MORSY, WALAA H. SALAMA, NORHAN M. ELASMY, ABIR A. ELFIKY   +3 more
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Tissue Localization and Extracellular Matrix Degradation by PI, PII and PIII Snake Venom Metalloproteinases: Clues on the Mechanisms of Venom-Induced Hemorrhage [PDF]

, 2015
20 páginas, 4 figuras, 3 tablas y 7 tablas en material suplementario.Snake venom hemorrhagic metalloproteinases (SVMPs) of the PI, PII and PIII classes were compared in terms of tissue localization and their ability to hydrolyze basement membrane ...
Calvete, JJ, Rucavado Romero, Alexandra, Rucavado, A, Cristina Herrera (576490), Jéssica Kele A. Macêdo (729670), Morazan, D, Diego Morazán (729669), Mathieu-Benoit Voisin (729668), Escalante, Teresa, Libia Sanz, Mathieu-Benoit Voisin, Alexandra Rucavado (32147), Herrera, C, Macêdo, Jéssica Kele A., Jéssica Kele A Macêdo, Teresa Escalante, Calvete Chornet, Juan José, Nourshargh, S, Diego Morazán, Cristina Herrera, Voisin, Mathieu-Benoit, Voisin, M-B, Maria Gutierrez, J, Rucavado, Alexandra, Jay W Fox, José María Gutiérrez, Alexandra Rucavado, Macedo, JKA, Libia Sanz (144843), Juan J. Calvete (144840), Sanz, L, Juan J Calvete, Sussan Nourshargh (157725), Sanz, Libia, Morazán, Diego, Nourshargh, Sussan, Jay W. Fox (164576), Escalante, T, Teresa Escalante (337914), Herrera, Cristina, Calvete, Juan J., Sussan Nourshargh, José María Gutiérrez (62868), Escalante Muñoz, Teresa, Herrera Arias, Cristina, Fox, JW, Fox, Jay W., Gutiérrez, José María   +47 more
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A symmetry or asymmetry: Functional and compositional comparison of venom from the left and right glands of the Indochinese spitting cobra (Naja siamensis)

Toxicon: X, 2020
Contralaterally positioned maxillary (upper jaw) venom glands in snakes are mechanically independent, being able to discharge venom from either gland separately.
Richard J. Harris, Christina N. Zdenek, Amanda Nouwens, Charlotte Sweeney, Nathan Dunstan, Bryan G. Fry   +5 more
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In vivo immunotherapy of lung cancer using cross-species reactive vascular endothelial growth factor nanobodies [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, 2017
Objective(s): Lung cancer is the main leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Angiogenesis is the main step in proliferation and spreading of tumor cells.
vFatemeh Kazemi-Lomedasht v, Kamran Pooshang-Bagheri, Mahdi Habibi-Anbouhi, Ensiyeh Hajizadeh-Safar, Delavar Shahbazzadeh, Hasan Mirzahosseini, Mahdi Behdani   +6 more
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Isolation and Pharmacological Characterization of α-Elapitoxin-Ot1a, a Short-Chain Postsynaptic Neurotoxin from the Venom of the Western Desert Taipan, Oxyuranus temporalis

Toxins, 2016
Taipans (Oxyuranus spp.) are elapids with highly potent venoms containing presynaptic (β) and postsynaptic (α) neurotoxins. O. temporalis (Western Desert taipan), a newly discovered member of this genus, has been shown to possess venom which displays ...
Carmel M. Barber, Muhamad Rusdi Ahmad Rusmili, Wayne C. Hodgson   +2 more
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Coagulotoxic Cobras: Clinical Implications of Strong Anticoagulant Actions of African Spitting Naja Venoms That Are Not Neutralised by Antivenom but Are by LY315920 (Varespladib)

Toxins, 2018
Snakebite is a global tropical disease that has long had huge implications for human health and well-being. Despite its long-standing medical importance, it has been the most neglected of tropical diseases.
Mátyás A. Bittenbinder, Christina N. Zdenek, Bianca op den Brouw, Nicholas J. Youngman, James S. Dobson, Arno Naude, Freek J. Vonk, Bryan G. Fry   +7 more
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Biological characterization of Bothrops marajoensis snake venom

, 2011
This study describes the effects of Bothrops marajoensis venom (Marajó lancehead) on isolated neuromuscular preparations of chick biventer cervicis (CBC) and mouse phrenic nerve-diaphragm (PND).
Marangoni, Sérgio, Pai-Silva, Maeli Dal, Gallacci, Márcia, Cruz-Höfling, Maria Alice da, Randazzo-Moura, Priscila, Galbiatti, Charlene, Ponce-Souto, Luis, Hernadez-Oliveira, Saraguaci, Rocha, Thalita, Cavalcante, Walter Luiz Garrido, Rodrigues-Simioni, Léa   +10 more
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Cross-Neutralisation of In Vitro Neurotoxicity of Asian and Australian Snake Neurotoxins and Venoms by Different Antivenoms

Toxins, 2016
There is limited information on the cross-neutralisation of neurotoxic venoms with antivenoms. Cross-neutralisation of the in vitro neurotoxicity of four Asian and four Australian snake venoms, four post-synaptic neurotoxins (α-bungarotoxin, α-elapitoxin-
Anjana Silva, Wayne C. Hodgson, Geoffrey K. Isbister   +2 more
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Webslinger vs. Dark Knight: First record of a false widow spider Steatoda nobilis preying on a pipistrelle bat in Britain

Ecosphere, 2022
The noble false widow spider Steatoda nobilis continues to expand its range globally with possible implications for public health and native species. Of the European Union list of 66 species of invasive plants and animals, none are spiders. S. nobilis is
John P. Dunbar, Aiste Vitkauskaite, Colin Lawton, Ben Waddams, Michel M. Dugon   +4 more
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