Effect of gamma-irradiated honey bee venom on gene expression of inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines in mice

F Abbasi, P Shawrang, F Motamedi-Sedeh… - International …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, the effect of gamma-irradiated honey bee venom (doses of 0, 2, 4, 6, and 8 kGy,
volume of 0.1 ml and concentration of 0.2 mg/ml) was evaluated on the reduction of allergen …

Exploring the Safety of Pllans-II and Antitumoral Potential of Its Recombinant Isoform in Cervical Cancer Therapy

MJ Sevilla-Sánchez, A Montoya-Gómez… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
The antitumor potential of proteins from snake venoms has been studied in recent decades,
and evidence has emerged that phospholipases A2 can selectively attack cells of various …

[HTML][HTML] Renal effects of venoms of Mexican coral snakes Micrurus browni and Micrurus laticollaris

JRM Braga, ARC Jorge, AD Marinho… - Toxicon, 2020 - Elsevier
The Micrurus snake venoms mainly cause systemic complications, essentially neurotoxicity.
Previous studies, however, have described that they are involved in the occurrence of acute …

The edematogenic effect of Micrurus lemniscatus venom is dependent on venom phospholipase A2 activity and modulated by non-neurogenic factors

LL Casais-e-Silva, MA da Cruz-Hofling, CFP Teixeira - Toxicology Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
Coral snakes mainly cause neurotoxic symptoms in human envenomation, but experimental
studies have already demonstrated several pharmacological activities in addition to these …

Envenomation by Micrurus annellatus bolivianus (Peters, 1871) coral snake in the western Brazilian Amazon

AM da Silva, WL da Fonseca, EAV Neto, PF Bisneto… - Toxicon, 2019 - Elsevier
Bites by Micrurus snakes in Brazilian Amazon represent about 0.4% of snakebite registered
in that area. There is not information available about the M. annellatus snakebites In this …

Qualitative and quantitative study of the changes in the ultrastructure of mammalian adrenal cortex caused by the venezuelan Tigra Mariposa (Bothrops venezuelensis …

HJ Finol, E Garcia-Lunardi, R González… - Journal of Microscopy …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
The damage of the adrenal gland by snake venoms needs to be clarified. Lethality (LD 50)
of Bothrops venezuelensis (Bv) venom was established by intraperitoneally mice injections …

Contribution of endothelial cell and macrophage activation in the alterations induced by the venom of Micrurus tener tener in C57BL/6 mice

E Salazar, AM Salazar, P Taylor, I Urdanibia… - Molecular …, 2019 - Elsevier
An acute inflammatory response, cellular infiltrates, anemia, hemorrhage and endogenous
fibrinolysis activation were previously described in C57BL/6 mice injected with M. tener …