 Viper Venoms
"Viper Venoms" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Venoms from SNAKES of the viperid family. They tend to be less toxic than elapid or hydrophid venoms and act mainly on the vascular system, interfering with coagulation and capillary membrane integrity and are highly cytotoxic. They contain large amounts of several enzymes, other factors, and some toxins.
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D014757
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D20.888.850.960 D23.946.833.850.960
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| Concept/Terms |
Viper Venoms- Viper Venoms
- Venoms, Viper
- Viper Venom
- Venom, Viper
Cerastes Venoms- Cerastes Venoms
- Venoms, Cerastes
- Cerastes Venom
- Venom, Cerastes
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Viper Venoms" by people in Profiles.
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Hassanian-Moghaddam H, Monzavi SM, Shirazi FM, Warrell DA, Mehrpour O. First report of a confirmed case of Montivipera latifii (Latifi's viper) envenoming and a literature review of envenoming by Montivipera species. Toxicon. 2022 Feb; 207:48-51.
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Glatstein M, Lerman L, Gatt D, Scolnik D, Rimon A, Hoyte C, Iazar I. Echis coloratus envenomation in children: a retrospective case series. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2022 Mar; 60(3):293-297.
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Glatstein M, Lerman L, Friedman S, Carbell G, Munchak I, Valla U, Scolnik D, Hoyte C. Severe disseminated intravascular coagulation in a child envenomated by Echis coloratus and successful treatment with monovalent equine immunoglobulin G antivenom. Toxicon. 2019 Sep; 167:82-86.
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Mukherjee AK, Saviola AJ, Mackessy SP. Cellular mechanism of resistance of human colorectal adenocarcinoma cells against apoptosis-induction by Russell's Viper venom l-amino acid oxidase (Rusvinoxidase). Biochimie. 2018 Jul; 150:8-15.
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Pivko-Levy D, Munchnak I, Rimon A, Balla U, Scolnik D, Hoyte C, Voliovitch Y, Glatstein M. Evaluation of antivenom therapy for Vipera palaestinae bites in children: experience of two large, tertiary care pediatric hospitals. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2017 Apr; 55(4):235-240.
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Mukherjee AK, Saviola AJ, Burns PD, Mackessy SP. Apoptosis induction in human breast cancer (MCF-7) cells by a novel venom L-amino acid oxidase (Rusvinoxidase) is independent of its enzymatic activity and is accompanied by caspase-7 activation and reactive oxygen species production. Apoptosis. 2015 Oct; 20(10):1358-72.
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Hatten BW, Bueso A, French LK, Hendrickson RG, Horowitz BZ. Envenomation by the Great Lakes Bush Viper (Atheris nitschei). Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2013 Feb; 51(2):114-6.
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Ivy DD, Kinsella JP, Abman SH. Physiologic characterization of endothelin A and B receptor activity in the ovine fetal pulmonary circulation. J Clin Invest. 1994 May; 93(5):2141-8.
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