From ocean to bedside: the therapeutic potential of molluscan hemocyanins

NT Zanjani, MM Saksena, F Dehghani… - Current Medicinal …, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Hemocyanins are large and versatile glycoproteins performing various immunological and
biological functions in many marine invertebrates including arthropods and molluscs. This …

Gene expression and phenoloxidase activities of hemocyanin isoforms in response to pathogen infections in abalone Haliotis diversicolor

T Yao, MM Zhao, J He, T Han, W Peng, H Zhang… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Hemocyanins (Hc), the main protein components of hemolymph in invertebrates, are not
only involved in oxygen transport but also linked to non-specific immune responses. In this …

Responsiveness of metallothionein and hemocyanin genes to cadmium and copper exposure in the garden snail Cornu aspersum

V Pedrini‐Martha, R Schnegg… - … Zoology Part A …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Terrestrial gastropods express metal‐selective metallothioneins (MTs) by which they handle
metal ions such as Zn2+, Cd2+, and Cu+/Cu2+ through separate metabolic pathways. At the …

Antitumour activity of Helix hemocyanin against bladder carcinoma permanent cell lines

A Dolashki, P Dolashka, A Stenzl… - Biotechnology & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Hemocyanins are oxygen-transporting glycoproteins in molluscs and arthropods. In this
study, we assayed the biomacromolecules from the molluscs Helix lucorum (HlH), Rapana …

Recovery of high-value compounds from food by-products

J Wu, K Blackshaw, J Cho, N Koolaji, J Yun… - … innovations across the …, 2022 - Elsevier
The environmental and economic impact associated with the waste generated by the food
industry and households requires concerted efforts to reduce its volume and increase the …

Red Abalone Hemocyanin as an Alternative Hapten-Carrier for Vaccine Production

IN Mansour - 2018 - digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu
Vaccines protect millions of human lives per year from otherwise fatal illnesses. Vaccination
promotes immunity by simulating infection with a non-pathogenic representative of the …