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Toxins (Basel)
January 2025
Faculty of Sciences, University of Balamand, Al-Kourah, P.O. Box 100, Tripoli 1300, Lebanon.
Hyperalgesia is a condition marked by an abnormal increase in pain sensitivity, often occurring in response to tissue injury, inflammation, or prolonged exposure to certain medications. Inflammatory mediators, such as cytokines IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF-α, play a central role in this process, amplifying pain perception. Developing effective treatments that address the underlying mechanisms of hyperalgesia is an active field of research.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Funct Morphol Kinesiol
January 2025
Department of Basic and Oral Biology, School of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo (FORP-USP), Ribeirão Preto 14040-904, Brazil.
Chronic exposure to stress has been considered a risk factor for hypertension, which is also associated with increased bone resorption. This review aimed to investigate the effect of acute and chronic stress, associated with hypertension, on the skeletal system. A comprehensive search was conducted across multiple databases, focusing on peer-reviewed articles published in English.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Toxicol Pathol
January 2025
Department of Nephrology, Xiangyang Central Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Hubei University of Arts and Science, Xiangyang 441000, China.
Acute kidney injury induced by stings from multiple wasps is a medical emergency and is a driving factor of acute renal dysfunction. Numerous studies have shown that mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (mtROS) play a key role in ischemia-reperfusion injury-, cisplatin-, and sepsis-induced acute kidney injury. However, the role of mtROS and its underlying mechanisms in wasp-venom-induced acute kidney injury remain inconclusive.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Proteome Res
January 2025
Departamento de Bioquímica, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo 04023-901, Brazil.
Antivenoms are the only effective treatment for snakebite envenomation and have saved countless lives over more than a century. Despite their value, antivenoms present risks of adverse reactions. Current formulations contain a fraction of nonspecific antibodies and serum proteins.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTandem duplication of genes can play a critical role in the evolution of functional novelty, but our understanding is limited concerning gene duplication's role in coevolution between species. Much is known about the evolution and function of tandemly duplicated snake venom genes, however the potential of gene duplication to fuel venom resistance within prey species is poorly understood. In this study, we characterize patterns of gene duplication of the SERPINA subfamily of genes across in vertebrates and experimentally characterize functional variation in the SERPINA3-like paralogs of a wild rodent.
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