Effects of the toxic metal zinc on the growth, development, and reproduction of the wolf spider Pardosa laura through its food Drosophila melanogaster

C Zhan, Y Zhang, W Li, S Zhang, J Liu, Y Zhao, Y Peng - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, toxic metal pollution has become a serious problem, and its influence on
human society and the ecological environment has become a hot topic for people. Toxic …

Toxic effect of Cd burden on the gut microflora and immune responses of wolf spider Pardosa pseudoannulata

J Wang, X Zhang, Z Wang - … and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Spiders are dominant predators in the paddy ecosystem, but the immunotoxicity induced by
environmental contaminants like heavy metals is still largely unknown. The gut microbiota …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of chronic exposure to cadmium and copper on the proteome profile of hemolymph in false widow spider Steatoda grossa (Theridiidae)

K Wiśniewska, M Siatkowska, P Komorowski… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to evaluate the quantitative and qualitative changes in the
proteome of the hemolymph of female Steatoda grossa spiders (Theridiidae) that were …

How cadmium and copper change the sensitivity of the hemocytes of Steatoda grossa spider on immunostimulation: qualitative and quantitative analysis

G Wilczek, M Rost-Roszkowska, J Homa… - The European …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the sensitivity of hemocytes of adult Steatoda
grossa females to cadmium and copper administered orally for 4 weeks or 12 months, and to …

Immunostimulation of Parasteatoda tepidariorum (Araneae: Theridiidae) in juvenile and adult stages. Immunity reactions to injury with foreign body and Bacillus …

AE Czerwonka, MK Sawadro, J Brożek, AI Babczyńska - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
To assess the immune potential of spiders, in the present study juvenile and adult females of
Parasteatoda tepidariorum were exposed to Bacillus subtilis infection, injury by a nylon …