Scorpion Venom–Toxins that Aid in Drug Development: A Review

Antiviral activity of animal venom peptides and related compounds

(2017) Élida Cleyse Gomes da Mata et al.   JOURNAL OF VENOMOUS ANIMALS AND TOXINS INCLUDING TROPICAL DISEASES

Ts14 from Tityus serrulatus boosts angiogenesis and attenuates inflammation and collagen deposition in sponge-induced granulation tissue in mice

(2017) Puebla Cassini-Vieira et al.   PEPTIDES

Characterization of TistH, a multifunctional peptide from the scorpion Tityus stigmurus : Structure, cytotoxicity and antimicrobial activity

(2016) Richele J.A. Machado et al.   TOXICON

Stigmurin and TsAP-2 from Tityus stigmurus scorpion venom: Assessment of structure and therapeutic potential in experimental sepsis

(2016) Alessandra Daniele-Silva et al.   TOXICON

Structural and Functional Elucidation of Peptide Ts11 Shows Evidence of a Novel Subfamily of Scorpion Venom Toxins

(2016) Caroline Cremonez et al.   Toxins

Effects of Animal Venoms and Toxins on Hallmarks of Cancer

(2016) Janeyuth Chaisakul et al.   Journal of Cancer

Glenn F. King: Venoms to Drugs: Venom as a Source for the Development of Human Therapeutics

(2015) Neil C. Henney   CHROMATOGRAPHIA

Scorpion venom components as potential candidates for drug development

(2015) Ernesto Ortiz et al.   TOXICON

Virocidal activity of Egyptian scorpion venoms against hepatitis C virus

(2015) Alaa MH El-Bitar et al.   Virology Journal

Chlorotoxin: A Helpful Natural Scorpion Peptide to Diagnose Glioma and Fight Tumor Invasion

(2015) Lucie Dardevet et al.   Toxins

Whole Transcriptome of the Venom Gland from Urodacus yaschenkoi Scorpion

(2015) Karen Luna-Ramírez et al.   PLoS One

Recombinant Scorpine Produced Using SUMO Fusion Partner in Escherichia coli Has the Activities against Clinically Isolated Bacteria and Inhibits the Plasmodium falciparum Parasitemia In Vitro

(2014) Chao Zhang et al.   PLoS One

Toxins and drug discovery

(2014) Alan L. Harvey   TOXICON

Comparison between two methods of scorpion venom milking in Morocco

(2013) Naoual Oukkache et al.   JOURNAL OF VENOMOUS ANIMALS AND TOXINS INCLUDING TROPICAL DISEASES

Shellfish Toxins Targeting Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels

(2013) Fan Zhang et al.   Marine Drugs

Three new antimicrobial peptides from the scorpion Pandinus imperator

(2013) Xian-Chun Zeng et al.   PEPTIDES

Scorpion venom components that affect ion-channels function

(2013) V. Quintero-Hernández et al.   TOXICON

Calcium Channels and Pumps in Cancer: Changes and Consequences

(2012) Gregory R. Monteith et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Anti-HIV-1 Activity of a New Scorpion Venom Peptide Derivative Kn2-7

(2012) Yaoqing Chen et al.   PLoS One

Complex cocktails: the evolutionary novelty of venoms

(2012) Nicholas R. Casewell et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Scorpion Toxins Specific for Potassium (K+) Channels: A Historical Overview of Peptide Bioengineering

(2012) Zachary Bergeron et al.   Toxins

Ending the drought: New strategies for improving the flow of affordable, effective antivenoms in Asia and Africa

(2011) David J. Williams et al.   Journal of Proteomics

Scorpion venom (Odontobuthus doriae) induces apoptosis by depolarization of mitochondria and reduces S-phase population in human breast cancer cells (MCF-7)

(2011) Jamil Zargan et al.   TOXICOLOGY IN VITRO

Arthropod venoms and cancer

(2011) Tiago Elias Heinen et al.   TOXICON

Bradykinin-potentiating peptides: Beyond captopril

(2011) Antonio C.M. Camargo et al.   TOXICON

Neurotoxins and Their Binding Areas on Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels

(2011) Marijke Stevens et al.   Frontiers in Pharmacology

Characterization of two linear cationic antimalarial peptides in the scorpion Mesobuthus eupeus

(2010) Bin Gao et al.   BIOCHIMIE

Use of Venom Peptides to Probe Ion Channel Structure and Function

(2010) Sébastien Dutertre et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Scorpion Venom and the Inflammatory Response

(2010) Vera L. Petricevich   MEDIATORS OF INFLAMMATION

A new natural α-helical peptide from the venom of the scorpion Heterometrus petersii kills HCV

(2010) Ran Yan et al.   PEPTIDES

Apoptogenic peptides from Tityus discrepans scorpion venom acting against the SKBR3 breast cancer cell line

(2010) Gina D’Suze et al.   TOXICON

Venomics as a drug discovery platform

(2009) Pierre Escoubas et al.   Expert Review of Proteomics

Parabutoporin, a cationic amphipathic peptide from scorpion venom: Much more than an antibiotic

(2009) Q. Remijsen et al.   TOXICON

Tityus serrulatus Hypotensins: A new family of peptides from scorpion venom

(2008) T. Verano-Braga et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Structural and functional characterization of two genetically related meucin peptides highlights evolutionary divergence and convergence in antimicrobial peptides

(2008) Bin Gao et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

A novel bradykinin potentiating peptide isolated from Bothrops jararacussu venom using catallytically inactive oligopeptidase EP24.15

(2008) Vanessa Rioli et al.   FEBS Journal

Ion Channels as Drug Targets: The Next GPCRs

(2008) Gregory J. Kaczorowski et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY

Tumor-targeted drug delivery and MRI contrast enhancement by chlorotoxin-conjugated iron oxide nanoparticles

(2008) Conroy Sun et al.   Nanomedicine