Brazilian Bothrops and Crotalus Snake Venoms as a Source of Antiprotozoal Agents: Unlocking Toxins for Therapeutic Development [PDF]
ToxinsLeishmaniasis and Chagas disease are neglected tropical diseases that continue to pose significant public health challenges, highlighting the need for new therapeutic strategies.
Tulio Custódio Reis +8 more
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Genotoxic Activity of Cerastes cerastes Viper Venom Using Alkaline Single-Cell Gel Electrophoresis [PDF]
BiologyIn Morocco, Cerastes cerastes snake is responsible for numerous cases of human envenomation, leading to both local and systemic pathophysiological disturbances.
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Interaction of Human Lymphocyte Scavenger Receptors CD5 and CD6 with Toxins from Naja haje, Androctonus australis and Apis mellifera Venoms [PDF]
BiomoleculesAnimal venoms induce systemic inflammatory response syndrome through their interaction, inter alia, with pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) of the innate immune system.
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Neglected Venomous Animals and Toxins: Underrated Biotechnological Tools in Drug Development
Toxins, 2021 Among the vast repertoire of animal toxins and venoms selected by nature and evolution, mankind opted to devote its scientific attention—during the last century—to a restricted group of animals, leaving a myriad of toxic creatures aside.
Guilherme Rabelo Coelho +6 more
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Landscape of research, production, and regulation in venoms and antivenoms: a bibliometric analysis
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2021 Objectives. To assess the productivity and visibility in research, clinical studies, treatment, use and production of antivenoms against poisonous snakes, scorpions and spiders. Methods. Bibliometric analysis of research and other activities. Articles on
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Marine Drugs, 2022 Sea anemones are predatory marine invertebrates and have diverse venom arsenals. Venom is integral to their biology, and is used in competition, defense, and feeding.
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Pharmaceutics, 2022 Lung cancer is the second-most deadly malignancy worldwide, of which smoking is considered a major risk factor and causes 75–80% of lung cancer-related deaths.
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Therapeutic Potential of Bee and Scorpion Venom Phospholipase A2 (PLA2): A Narrative Review [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2022 Venomous arthropods such as scorpions and bees form one of the important groups with an essential role in medical entomology. Their venom possesses a mixture of diverse compounds, such as peptides, some of which have toxic effects, and enzymatic peptide ...
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FEBS Open Bio, 2021 Buthus occitanus (B. occitanus) is one of the most dangerous scorpions in the world. Despite the involvement of B. occitanus scorpion in severe cases of envenomation in Morocco, no study has focused yet on the proteomic composition of the Moroccan B ...
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Triple IgE-positivity to hornet, wasp and bee venom in the patient with anaphylaxis: Diagnostic and therapeutic approach [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2019 Introduction. Triple-positivity (TP) or double-positivity (DP) for serum-specific immunoglobulin E (sIgE) antibodies against hornet venom (HV), wasp venom (WV) and/or honeybee venom (BV) causes significant problem in a selection of appropriate venom ...
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