Search Results - "Jackson, N.W."
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The structural and functional diversification of the Toxicofera reptile venom system
Published in Toxicon (Oxford) (15-09-2012)“…The evolutionary origin and diversification of the reptilian venom system is described. The resolution of higher-order molecular phylogenetics has clearly…”
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Mutual enlightenment: A toolbox of concepts and methods for integrating evolutionary and clinical toxinology via snake venomics and the contextual stance
Published in Toxicon X (01-07-2021)“…Snakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease that may claim over 100,000 human lives annually worldwide. Snakebite occurs as the result of an…”
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Differential Evolution and Neofunctionalization of Snake Venom Metalloprotease Domains
Published in Molecular & cellular proteomics (01-03-2013)“…Snake venom metalloproteases (SVMP) are composed of five domains: signal peptide, propeptide, metalloprotease, disintegrin, and cysteine-rich. Secreted toxins…”
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How the Cobra Got Its Flesh-Eating Venom: Cytotoxicity as a Defensive Innovation and Its Co-Evolution with Hooding, Aposematic Marking, and Spitting
Published in Toxins (13-03-2017)“…The cytotoxicity of the venom of 25 species of Old World elapid snake was tested and compared with the morphological and behavioural adaptations of hooding and…”
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Venom proteomic characterization and relative antivenom neutralization of two medically important Pakistani elapid snakes (Bungarus sindanus and Naja naja)
Published in Journal of proteomics (26-08-2013)“…Intra- and interspecific variation in venom composition has been shown to have a major effect upon the efficacy of antivenoms. Due to the absence of…”
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Dracula's children: Molecular evolution of vampire bat venom
Published in Journal of proteomics (26-08-2013)“…While vampire bat oral secretions have been the subject of intense research, efforts have concentrated only on two components: DSPA (Desmodus rotundus salivary…”
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Proteomic comparison of Hypnale hypnale (Hump-Nosed Pit-Viper) and Calloselasma rhodostoma (Malayan Pit-Viper) venoms
Published in Journal of proteomics (08-10-2013)“…Treatment of Hypnale hypnale bites with commercial antivenoms, even those raised against its sister taxon Calloselasma rhodostoma, has never been clinically…”
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Functional characterization on invertebrate and vertebrate tissues of tachykinin peptides from octopus venoms
Published in Peptides (New York, N.Y. : 1980) (01-09-2013)“…•Octopus venoms contain tachykinin peptides.•These peptides are more similar to vertebrate non-venom types than invertebrate.•These peptides are active on both…”
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Presumed congenital Gerbode defect in an American Domestic Shorthair cat
Published in Journal of veterinary cardiology (01-06-2022)“…A five-month-old, intact female Domestic Shorthair cat presented to the Kansas State Veterinary Health Center for evaluation of a murmur and exercise…”
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Causes and Consequences of Snake Venom Variation
Published in Trends in pharmacological sciences (Regular ed.) (01-08-2020)“…Snake venoms are mixtures of toxins that vary extensively between and within snake species. This variability has serious consequences for the management of the…”
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On the chemical ecology and evolvability of brown snakes (genus Pseudonaja)
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How the Toxin got its Toxicity
Published in Frontiers in pharmacology (14-12-2020)“…Venom systems are functional and ecological traits, typically used by one organism to subdue or deter another. A predominant subset of their constituent…”
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Combination eravacycline therapy for ventilator‐associated pneumonia due to carbapenem‐resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in patients with COVID‐19: A case series
Published in Pharmacotherapy (01-04-2024)“…Background Carbapenem‐resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) pneumonia is associated with poor clinical outcomes and increased mortality. Clinical data…”
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Domain loss enabled evolution of novel functions in the snake three-finger toxin gene superfamily
Published in Nature communications (11-08-2023)“…Three-finger toxins ( 3FTXs ) are a functionally diverse family of toxins, apparently unique to venoms of caenophidian snakes. Although the ancestral function…”
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Catch a tiger snake by its tail: Differential toxicity, co-factor dependence and antivenom efficacy in a procoagulant clade of Australian venomous snakes
Published in Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Toxicology & pharmacology (01-11-2017)“…A paradigm of venom research is adaptive evolution of toxins as part of a predator-prey chemical arms race. This study examined differential co-factor…”
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Correlation between ontogenetic dietary shifts and venom variation in Australian brown snakes (Pseudonaja)
Published in Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Toxicology & pharmacology (01-07-2017)“…Venom is a key evolutionary trait, as evidenced by its widespread convergent evolution across the animal kingdom. In an escalating prey-predator arms race,…”
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Snakebite envenoming: A systematic review and meta-analysis of global morbidity and mortality
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-04-2024)“…Snakebite envenoming represents a significant and often neglected public health challenge, particularly in rural communities across tropical and subtropical…”
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Contextual Constraints: Dynamic Evolution of Snake Venom Phospholipase A2
Published in Toxins (20-06-2022)“…Venom is a dynamic trait that has contributed to the success of numerous organismal lineages. Predominantly composed of proteins, these complex cocktails are…”
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Distinct regulatory networks control toxin gene expression in elapid and viperid snakes
Published in BMC genomics (16-02-2024)“…Venom systems are ideal models to study genetic regulatory mechanisms that underpin evolutionary novelty. Snake venom glands are thought to share a common…”
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