Effect of bee venom on IL-6, COX-2 and VEGF levels in polycystic ovarian syndrome induced in Wistar rats by estradiol valerate [0.03%]
蜂毒对雌二醇戊酸钠诱导的Wistar大鼠多囊卵巢综合征IL-6、COX-2和VEGF水平的影响
Latifeh Karimzadeh,Mohammad Nabiuni,Homa Mohseni Kouchesfehani et al.
Latifeh Karimzadeh et al.
Background: Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a low-grade inflammatory disease characterized by hyperandrogenemia, hirsutism, chronic anovulation and vascular disorder. Interleukin-6 (IL-6), cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) a...
Hepatitis B virus surface antigen seroconversion in HIV-infected individual after pegylated interferon-alpha treatment: a case report [0.03%]
一例接受聚乙二醇干扰素-α治疗后乙肝病毒表面抗原血清学转换的艾滋病患者病例报告
Adriane Maira Delicio,Paulo Afonso Martins Abati,Aline Gonzalez Vigani
Adriane Maira Delicio
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infects from 6 to 14% of HIV-infected individuals. Concurrent HIV/HBV infection occurs due to the overlapping routes of transmission, particularly sexual and parenteral. HIV-infected patients that have acute hepatiti...
Is the population of Crotalus durissus (Serpentes, Viperidae) expanding in Brazil? [0.03%]
巴西的矛头 viper(蛇目响尾蛇科)种群数量是否在增加?
Marcelo Ribeiro Duarte,Frederico Alcântara Menezes
Marcelo Ribeiro Duarte
Crotalus durissus are found from Mexico to northern Argentina in a highly disjunct distribution. According to some studies, this species is prone to occupy areas disturbed by human activities and floods comprise a plausible method of disper...
Rosany Bochner
Rosany Bochner
Being distant from Brazil's great natural diversity, from its long tradition in the study of snakebites and from the fact that it is one of the few countries which has a national information system for monitoring incidents involving venomou...
A bradykinin-potentiating peptide (BPP-10c) from Bothrops jararaca induces changes in seminiferous tubules [0.03%]
巴西烙铁头蛇毒多肽BPP-10c对生精小管的影响
Joyce M Gilio,Fernanda Cv Portaro,Maria I Borella et al.
Joyce M Gilio et al.
Background: The testis-specific isoform of angiotensin-converting enzyme (tACE) is exclusively expressed in germ cells during spermatogenesis. Although the exact role of tACE in male fertility is unknown, it clearly plays...
Public health aspects of snakebite care in West Africa: perspectives from Nigeria [0.03%]
西非蛇咬伤治疗的公共卫生方面:尼日利亚视角
Abdulrazaq G Habib
Abdulrazaq G Habib
Snakebite envenoming is a major public health problem among rural communities of the Nigerian savanna. The saw-scaled or carpet viper (Echis ocellatus) and, to a lesser extent, the African cobras (Naja spp.) and puff adders (Bitis arietans)...
Anjana Silva
Anjana Silva
This correspondence argues that the dangerousness of a venomous snake species is not solely determined by the venom characteristics or the lethality of the snake, and recognizes that medical importance comprises a key variable as well. The ...
Potentiation of a novel palladium (II) complex lethality with bee venom on the human T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell line (MOLT-4) [0.03%]
一种新型钯(II)配合物与蜂毒增强对人T淋巴细胞急性白血病系(MOLT-4)细胞的毒性作用
Zahra Safaeinejad,Mohammad Nabiuni,Zahra Nazari
Zahra Safaeinejad
Background: Although honeybee venom (BV) has been reported to induce apoptosis in different types of cancerous cells, its synergistic effects with customary anti-cancer drugs remain largely unknown. In the present study, ...
Mad, bad and dangerous to know: the biochemistry, ecology and evolution of slow loris venom [0.03%]
疯狂、糟糕且危险的了解:懒猴毒液的生物化学、生态和进化
K Anne-Isola Nekaris,Richard S Moore,E Johanna Rode et al.
K Anne-Isola Nekaris et al.
Only seven types of mammals are known to be venomous, including slow lorises (Nycticebus spp.). Despite the evolutionary significance of this unique adaptation amongst Nycticebus, the structure and function of slow loris venom is only just ...
Vasoconstrictor effect of Africanized honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) venom on rat aorta [0.03%]
意蜂(Apis mellifera)毒液对大鼠主动脉的血管收缩作用
Paulo César P Sousa,Teresinha S Brito,Daniel S Freire et al.
Paulo César P Sousa et al.
Background: Apis mellifera stings are a problem for public health worldwide, particularly in Latin America due to the aggressiveness of its Africanized honeybees. Massive poisoning by A. mellifera venom (AmV) affects main...