Neuropathic pain: preclinical and early clinical progress with voltage-gated sodium channel blockers

M Kushnarev, IP Pirvulescu, KD Candido… - Expert opinion on …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Neuropathic pain is a chronic condition that significantly affects the quality of life
of millions of people globally. Most of the pharmacologic treatments currently in use …

Neurobiological activity of conotoxins via sodium channel modulation

A Gallo, R Boni, E Tosti - Toxicon, 2020 - Elsevier
Conotoxins (CnTX) are bioactive peptides produced by marine molluscs belonging to Conus
genus. The biochemical structure of these venomous peptides is characterized by a low …

Discovery, Pharmacological Characterisation and NMR Structure of the Novel µ-Conotoxin SxIIIC, a Potent and Irreversible NaV Channel Inhibitor

KL McMahon, HNT Tran, JR Deuis, RJ Lewis, I Vetter… - Biomedicines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Voltage-gated sodium (NaV) channel subtypes, including NaV1. 7, are promising targets for
the treatment of neurological diseases, such as chronic pain. Cone snail-derived µ …

μ-conotoxin TsIIIA, a peptide inhibitor of human voltage-gated sodium channel hNav1. 8

M Yang, M Zhou - Toxicon, 2020 - Elsevier
TsIIIA, the first μ-conotoxin from Conus tessulatus, can selectively inhibit rat tetrodotoxin-
resistant sodium channels. TsIIIA also shows potent analgesic activity in a mice hotplate …

Marine Drugs: A Source of Medicines for Neuroinflammatory Disorders

A Muthuraman, N Rishitha… - … Drug Molecules of …, 2020 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Neuroinflammation is due to the abnormal neurovascular system. In nervous tissue nerve,
the blood barrier is altered in pathological conditions of neuroinflammation which leads to …

Comparative Study on the Extraction of Total RNA from Different Tissue Parts of Cone Snail (Conns geographus)

Q Chen, C Peng, S Lin, B Gao - Agricultural Biotechnology, 2020 - search.proquest.com
Abstract & Objectives] This study was conducted to compare the quality of total RNA
extracted from diferent tissues of cone snail (Conus geographus). & Methods] The total RNA …