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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2020

Unity Makes Strength: Exploring Intraspecies and Interspecies Toxin Synergism between Phospholipases A

Manuela B Pucca, Shirin Ahmadi, Felipe A Cerni, Line Ledsgaard, Christoffer V Sørensen, Farrell T S McGeoghan, Trenton Stewart, Erwin Schoof, Bruno Lomonte, Ulrich Auf dem Keller and 3 more

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
6.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Manuela B PuccaMedical School, Federal University of Roraima, Boa Vista, Brazil.
Shirin AhmadiDepartment of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.
Felipe A CerniDepartment of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.
Line LedsgaardDepartment of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.
Christoffer V SørensenDepartment of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.
Farrell T S McGeoghanDepartment of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.
Trenton StewartDepartment of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.
Erwin SchoofDepartment of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.
Bruno LomonteFacultad de Microbiología, Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.
Ulrich Auf dem KellerDepartment of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.
Eliane C ArantesDepartment of BioMolecular Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.
Figen ÇalışkanDepartment of Biotechnology and Biosafety, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Turkey.
Andreas H LaustsenDepartment of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.
Technical University of Denmark · DKEskişehir Osmangazi University · TRUniversidade de São Paulo · BRLund University · SEUniversidad de Costa Rica · CRUniversidade Federal de Roraima · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Toxin synergism is a complex biochemical phenomenon, where different animal venom proteins interact either directly or indirectly to potentiate toxicity to a level that is above the sum of the toxicities of the individual toxins. This provides the animals possessing venoms with synergistically enhanced toxicity with a metabolic advantage, since less venom is needed to inflict potent toxic effects in prey and predators. Among the toxins that are known for interacting synergistically are cytotoxins from snake venoms, phospholipases A

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cytotoxicitycytotoxinsmelittinphospholipase A2toxin complexestoxin interactionstoxin synergismvenom

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PMID32457615
PMCPMC7221120
OpenAlexW3022941046

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