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Convergent evolution of venom gland transcriptomes across Metazoa. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2022
Animals have repeatedly evolved specialized organs and anatomical structures to produce and deliver a mixture of potent bioactive molecules to subdue prey or predators—venom.
Zancolli G, Reijnders M, Waterhouse RM, Robinson-Rechavi M.   +3 more
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A Histological Study on Venom Apparatus of Montivipera xanthina (Gray, 1849) (Serpentes, Viperidae)

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2016
This is the first report describing morphological and histological structure of venom apparatus in Montivipera xanthina. The venom gland apparatus of M.
Dilara Çolak Kılıç, Esra Akat, Hüseyin Arıkan   +2 more
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Venomous secretions from marine snails of the Terebridae family target acetylcholine receptors [PDF]

, 2013
Venoms from cone snails (Conidae) have been extensively studied during the last decades, but those from other members of the suborder Toxoglossa, such as of Terebridae and Turridae superfamilies attracted less interest so far. Here, we report the effects
Wunder, C., Peigneur, S., Silke Kauferstein, Melaun, Christian, Annette Nicke, Nicke, Annette, Dietrich Mebs, Christian Melaun, Peigneur, Steve, Kauferstein, S., Kauferstein, Silke, Wunder, Cora, Kendel, Y., Mebs, D., Kurz, A., Steve Peigneur, Tytgat, Jan, Melaun, C., Kendel, Yvonne, Kurz, Alexander, Mebs, Dietrich, Yvonne Kendel, Jan Tytgat, Cora Wunder, Alexander Kurz, Nicke, A., Tytgat, J.   +26 more
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The Primary Duct of Bothrops jararaca Glandular Apparatus Secretes Toxins

Toxins, 2018
Despite numerous studies concerning morphology and venom production and secretion in the main venom gland (and some data on the accessory gland) of the venom glandular apparatus of Viperidae snakes, the primary duct has been overlooked.
Richard Hemmi Valente, Fernanda Sakai, José Antonio Portes-Junior, Luciana Godoy Viana, Sylvia Mendes Carneiro, Jonas Perales, Norma Yamanouye   +6 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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Cryptic diversity and venom glands in Western atlantic clingfishes of the genus acyrtus (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Examination of genetic data (mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I) for western Atlantic clingfishes revealed two distinct lineages within a group of individuals originally identified as Acyrtus artius.
Kevin W Conway, Carole Baldwin, Macaulay D White   +2 more
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Pharmacological aspects of Vipera xantina palestinae venom [PDF]

, 2011
In Israel, Vipera xantina palestinae (V.x.p.) is the most common venomous snake, accounting for several hundred cases of envenomation in humans and domestic animals every year, with a mortality rate of 0.5 to 2%.
Katzhendler, Jeoshua, Franziska T. Arlinghaus, Jeoshua Katzhendler, Cezary Marcinkiewicz, Philip Lazarovici, Arlinghaus, Franziska T., Johannes A. Eble, Lazarovici, Philip, Momic, Tatjana, Eble, Johannes A., Hadar Arien-Zakay, Marcinkiewicz, Cezary, Tatjana Momic, Arien-Zakay, Hadar, Arlinghaus, Franziska Therese   +14 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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Cabinet of Curiosities: Venom Systems and Their Ecological Function in Mammals, with a Focus on Primates

Toxins, 2015
Venom delivery systems (VDS) are common in the animal kingdom, but rare amongst mammals. New definitions of venom allow us to reconsider its diversity amongst mammals by reviewing the VDS of Chiroptera, Eulipotyphla, Monotremata, and Primates. All orders
Johanna E. Rode-Margono, K. Anne-Isola Nekaris   +1 more
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GuillaumeLeGland/DMOS-BLOOM: DMOS-BLOOM-v2

, 2023
This release is the second version of the DMOS-BLOOM (Dynamic Model of Oceanic Sulfur production and consumption during phytoplankton blooms) model. We submitted an article describing the first version of DMOS-BLOOM and its main results to Limnology and ...
Le Gland, Guillaume, GuillaumeLeGland
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