62 results match your criteria: "Snake Envenomation Overview"
Allergol Select
November 2024
Department of Dermatology and Allergy Biederstein, School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich TUM).
Background: Anaphylaxis is a systemic allergic reaction that is potentially life-threatening. Occupational anaphylaxis is an anaphylaxis that occurs in an occupational context. In this position paper, we propose diagnostic criteria for occupational anaphylaxis and provide an overview of the current state of knowledge in terms of prevalence, triggers, prevention, and management.
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October 2024
Department of Bioresources, Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, Ohlebergsweg 12, 35392 Giessen, Germany.
Int J Biol Macromol
October 2024
Animal Venomics Lab, Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (IME), Ohlebergsweg 12, 35392 Giessen, Germany; LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE-TBG), Natural Product Genomics, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Branch for Bioresources, Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (IME), Ohlebergsweg 12, 35392 Giessen, Germany. Electronic address:
Biochimie
December 2024
Departamento de Biofísica e Farmacologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu-SP, Brazil; Instituto de Estudos Avançados do Mar (IEAMar), Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), São Vicente-SP, Brazil. Electronic address:
An Acad Bras Cienc
July 2024
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências aplicadas à Produtos para Saúde/PPGCAPS, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Faculdade de Farmácia, Rua Dr. Mário Vianna, 523, Santa Rosa, 24241-000 Niterói, RJ, Brazil.
The genus Clusia L. is highly diverse in Central and South America, comprising about 300 species, including trees and shrubs, hemiepiphytes, epiphytes, and lianas. This genus deserves attention due to its wide range of biological activities.
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July 2024
Centre for Natural Products Discovery, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Faculty of Science, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, United Kingdom.
Drug Discov Today
May 2024
Laboratório Multiusuário de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Ceará, FIOCRUZ CE, Eusébio-CE, Brazil; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal do Ceará, UFC, Fortaleza, Brazil.
Wilderness Environ Med
March 2024
Department of Emergency Medicine, Japan Self-Defense Force Central Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Pharmacol Rep
December 2023
ICMR-National Institute of Traditional Medicine, Belagavi, Karnataka, 590010, India.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
October 2023
Department of Biology, Center of Biological and Health Sciences, Paraíba State University, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil.
Snakebite envenoming represents an important Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) that mainly affects tropical and subtropical developing countries according to the World Health Organization (WHO). As a priority issue in the tropics, it is estimated that accidental encounter between snakes and humans is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among all NTDs in the world. In Brazil, an extremely diverse country with continental dimensions, snakebite envenoming is the second leading cause of reported human envenoming.
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August 2023
School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kollam 690 525, Kerala, India.
Life (Basel)
May 2023
Unit of Dermatology and Cosmetology, I.R.C.C.S. San Raffaele Hospital, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
September 2023
Instituto Clodomiro Picado, School of Microbiology, University of Costa Rica, San José 11501, Costa Rica.
Animals (Basel)
August 2022
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia.
Snake envenomation is a severe economic and health concern affecting countries worldwide. Snake venom carries a wide variety of small peptides and proteins with various immunological and pharmacological properties. A few key research areas related to snake venom, including its applications in treating cancer and eradicating antibiotic-resistant bacteria, have been gaining significant attention in recent years.
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June 2022
Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan.
There are an estimated 5.4 million snakebite cases every year. People with snakebite envenoming suffer from severe complications, or even death.
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September 2022
Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Akadeemia Tee 23, 12618, Tallinn, Estonia.
The isolation and characterization of individual snake venom components is important for a deeper understanding of the pathophysiology of envenomation and for improving the therapeutic procedures of patients. It also opens possibilities for the discovery of novel toxins that might be useful as tools for understanding cellular and molecular processes. The variable venom composition, toxicological and immunological properties of the common vipers () have been reviewed.
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February 2022
Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada, Baja California.
Toxicon
March 2022
Laboratory of Technology and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (Tecbiofar), College of Pharmacy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Avenue General Gustavo Cordeiro de Farias, S/N, Petrópolis, Natal, 59012-570, Brazil. Electronic address:
Clin Toxicol (Phila)
October 2021
Department of Medical Physiology, Division of Heart & Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Front Immunol
October 2021
Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.
Snakebite envenoming is predominantly an occupational disease of the rural tropics, causing death or permanent disability to hundreds of thousands of victims annually. The diagnosis of snakebite envenoming is commonly based on a combination of patient history and a syndromic approach. However, the availability of auxiliary diagnostic tests at the disposal of the clinicians vary from country to country, and the level of experience within snakebite diagnosis and intervention may be quite different for clinicians from different hospitals.
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January 2021
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Ministry of Health of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Toxicon
January 2021
Department of Surgery, Ngwelezana Hospital, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Kwa Zulu-Natal, South Africa.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
October 2020
The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Introduction: Snakebite is a neglected tropical disease that leads to more than 120,000 deaths every year. In 2019, World Health Organization (WHO) launched a strategy to decrease its global burden by 2030. There is a range of issues around different interventions for the management of snakebite.
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November 2020
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), Uberlândia, MG, Brazil.
Biochem Pharmacol
November 2020
School of Medical Science, Griffith Health Group, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Electronic address:
Snake venom three-finger α-neurotoxins (α-3FNTx) act on postsynaptic nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) at the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) to produce skeletal muscle paralysis. The discovery of the archetypal α-bungarotoxin (α-BgTx), almost six decades ago, exponentially expanded our knowledge of membrane receptors and ion channels. This included the localisation, isolation and characterization of the first receptor (nAChR); and by extension, the pathophysiology and pharmacology of neuromuscular transmission and associated pathologies such as myasthenia gravis, as well as our understanding of the role of α-3FNTxs in snakebite envenomation leading to novel concepts of targeted treatment.
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