Diarrhetic Shellfish Toxin Monitoring in Commercial Wild Harvest Bivalve Shellfish in New South Wales, Australia by Hazel Farrell, Penelope Ajani, Shauna Murray, Phil Baker, Grant Webster, Steve Brett, Anthony Zammit

“…An end-product market survey on biotoxins in commercial wild harvest shellfish (<i>Plebidonax deltoides</i>, <i>Katelysia</i> spp., <i>Anadara granosa</i>, <i>Notocallista kingii</i>) during three harvest seasons (2015&#8315;2017) from the coast of New South Wales, Australia found 99.38% of samples were within regulatory limits. …”
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Cytotoxic effect on human keratinocytes of crude extracts from planktonic Cnidaria by A. Parodi, A.M. Bassi, M. Catalano, E. Giacco, G.L. Mariottini, L. Pane

“…Biotoxin production is a characterizing aspect of the physiology and ecology of several marine organisms. …”
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Antitumor Effects and Mechanisms of Snake Venom: A Systematic Review by Hu Jianguo, Dapar Mark Lloyd G.

“…Snake venom, as a natural biotoxin, is widely present in nature and can act in coordination with a variety of signal regulatory proteins, playing a significant role in the regulation of tumor cell proliferation, metastasis, invasion, and angiogenesis. …”
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Rapid Differential Detection of Abrin Isoforms by an Acetonitrile- and Ultrasound-Assisted On-Bead Trypsin Digestion Coupled with LC-MS/MS Analysis by Long-Hui Liang, Yang Yang, Shu Geng, Xi Cheng, Hui-Lan Yu, Chang-Cai Liu, Shi-Lei Liu

“…This study provided a recommended method for the differential identification of abrin isoforms, which are easily applied in international laboratories to improve the capabilities for the analysis of biotoxin samples.…”
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Detection of Tetrodotoxin Shellfish Poisoning (TSP) Toxins and Causative Factors in Bivalve Molluscs from the UK by Andrew D. Turner, Monika Dhanji-Rapkova, Lewis Coates, Lesley Bickerstaff, Steve Milligan, Alison O’Neill, Dermot Faulkner, Hugh McEneny, Craig Baker-Austin, David N. Lees, Myriam Algoet

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Current Trends and Challenges for Rapid SMART Diagnostics at Point-of-Site Testing for Marine Toxins by Michael Dillon, Maja A. Zaczek-Moczydlowska, Christine Edwards, Andrew D. Turner, Peter I. Miller, Heather Moore, April McKinney, Linda Lawton, Katrina Campbell

“…In the past twenty years marine biotoxin analysis in routine regulatory monitoring has advanced significantly in Europe (EU) and other regions from the use of the mouse bioassay (MBA) towards the high-end analytical techniques such as high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with tandem mass spectrometry (MS). …”
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New Invertebrate Vectors for PST, Spirolides and Okadaic Acid in the North Atlantic by Luis M. Botana, Vitor Vasconcelos, Amparo Alfonso, Joana Azevedo, Paula Rodriguez, Paz Otero, Aldo Barreiro, Marisa Silva

“…Several locations on the Portuguese coast were surveyed between 2009 and 2010 for three distinct biotoxin groups [saxitoxin (PST), spirolide (SPX) and okadaic acid (OA)], in 14 benthic species of mollusks and echinoderms. …”
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Transcriptional dynamics and regulatory function of milRNAs in Ascosphaera apis invading Apis mellifera larvae by Xiaoxue Fan, Xuze Gao, He Zang, Zhitan Liu, Xin Jing, Xiaoyu Liu, Sijia Guo, Haibin Jiang, Ying Wu, Zhijian Huang, Dafu Chen, Dafu Chen, Dafu Chen, Rui Guo, Rui Guo, Rui Guo

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A Review of Therapeutic Aptamer Conjugates with Emphasis on New Approaches by John G. Bruno

“…In addition, the 3&#039; protein adduct may be a biotoxin, enzyme, or may simply be human serum albumin (HSA) or a drug known to bind HSA, thereby retarding kidney and other organ clearance and inhibiting serum exonucleases. …”
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In vitro hepatic biotransformation of the algal toxin pectenotoxin-2 by Morten Sandvik, Christopher O. Miles, Alistair L. Wilkins, Christiane Fæste

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Shedding light on cobalamin photodegradation in the ocean by Catherine C. Bannon, Elizabeth M. Mudge, Erin M. Bertrand

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Current Status of Forecasting Toxic Harmful Algae for the North-East Atlantic Shellfish Aquaculture Industry by Jose A. Fernandes-Salvador, Keith Davidson, Marc Sourisseau, Marta Revilla, Wiebke Schmidt, Wiebke Schmidt, Dave Clarke, Peter I. Miller, Paola Arce, Raúl Fernández, Luz Maman, Alexandra Silva, Callum Whyte, Maria Mateo, Patricia Neira, Marcos Mateus, Manuel Ruiz-Villarreal, Luis Ferrer, Joe Silke

“…A range of spatially and temporally variable harmful algal bloom species (HABs) impact the industry through their production of biotoxins that accumulate and concentrate in shellfish flesh, which negatively impact the health of consumers through consumption. …”
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Treatment of Cyanobacterial (Microcystin) Toxicosis Using Oral Cholestyramine: Case Report of a Dog from Montana by Michael J. Murray, Stori C. Oates, Kelly A. Rankin, Raphael M. Kudela, Karen A. Alroy, Melissa A. Miller

“…Feces from the affected dog were positive for the cyanobacterial biotoxin, microcystin-LA (217 ppb). The dog was hospitalized for eight days. …”
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Advances in Detecting Ciguatoxins in Fish by Tibor Pasinszki, Jimaima Lako, Todd E. Dennis

“…Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) is currently the most common marine biotoxin food poisoning worldwide, associated with human consumption of circumtropical fish and marine invertebrates that are contaminated with ciguatoxins. …”
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Regional Susceptibility to Domoic Acid in Primary Astrocyte Cells Cultured from the Brain Stem and Hippocampus by Olga M. Pulido, Talat Ghane, Yangxun Hou, Santokh S. Gill

“…Domoic acid is a marine biotoxin associated with harmful algal blooms and is the causative agent of amnesic shellfish poisoning in marine animals and humans. …”
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A Review of Pathogens, Diseases, and Contaminants of Muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus) in North America by Laken S. Ganoe, Justin D. Brown, Michael J. Yabsley, Michael J. Yabsley, Matthew J. Lovallo, W. David Walter

“…A wide diversity of contaminants, toxins, and pathogens were reported in muskrats, with the most common diseases being cysticercosis, tularemia, Tyzzer's disease, and biotoxin poisoning from cyanobacteria. This review provides a summary of muskrat pathogens, contaminants, and diseases over a century that has observed significant population declines throughout the species' range in North America. …”
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Transcriptomic Profiling of Tetrodotoxin-Induced Neurotoxicity in Human Cerebral Organoids by Zhanbiao Liu, Zhe Wang, Yue Wei, Jingjing Shi, Tong Shi, Xuejun Chen, Liqin Li

“…Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is an exceedingly toxic non-protein biotoxin that demonstrates remarkable selectivity and affinity for sodium channels on the excitation membrane of nerves. …”
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Aptamer Sensor Based on Hybrid Chain Reaction and CRISPR-Cas9 System for STX Detection by Qinguo Zhao, Guizhen Li, Xuemei Li

“…In recent years, pollution incidents caused by red tide occur frequently, and the red tide biotoxins brought by it make the food safety problem of seafood become a difficult problem to be solved urgently, which has caused great damage to the mariculture industry. …”
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Proteomic Analysis of Plasma from California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus) Reveals Apolipoprotein E as a Candidate Biomarker of Chronic Domoic Acid Toxicosis. by Benjamin A Neely, Jason A Ferrante, J Mauro Chaves, Jennifer L Soper, Jonas S Almeida, John M Arthur, Frances M D Gulland, Michael G Janech

“…Domoic acid toxicosis (DAT) in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) is caused by exposure to the marine biotoxin domoic acid and has been linked to massive stranding events and mortality. …”
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Risk Assessment of Pectenotoxins in New Zealand Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish, 2009–2019 by Michael J. Boundy, D Tim Harwood, Andreas Kiermeier, Cath McLeod, Jeane Nicolas, Sarah Finch

“…To determine the impact of this decision, shellfish biotoxin data collected between 2009 and 2019 were examined. …”
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