Animal Toxins
type: Dataset
contact point: Organization
  fn: CCSD
keyword: in-vivo-imaging
keyword: book-sections
keyword: sdvneulife-sciences-q-bioneurons-and-cognition-q-bionc
keyword: drug-delivery
keyword: animal-toxin
keyword: ryanodine-receptor
keyword: biotechnology
keyword: cell-penetrating-peptide
keyword: infoeu-reposemanticsbookpart
landing page: Handbook of biologically avtive peptides
description: Animal toxins are renowned for their ability to regulate ion channel activity and hence cell function. Therefore, they have been investigated as lead compounds for the development of analogues with toxic activity or conversely with therapeutic potential. Besides the pharmacological usefulness of animal toxins, there is a second emerging field in which toxins may soon reveal all their potential. The advent of modern biology witnesses the development of novel biotechnological applications of interest for which toxins present tremendous advantages. In this review, we will illustrate how toxins can be derived to carry on novel functions that make them become tools of choice for diagnostic, imaging and therapeutic applications. Among the examples developed, the case of maurocalcine will be detailed. This toxin, discovered for its activity on the ryanodine receptor, a calcium channel, is now entering a new phase of development for in vivo drug or imaging agent cell delivery.
issued: 2026-05-10T10:15:13.856546
language: en
modified: 2026-05-10T10:15:13.856550

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Animal Toxins
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issued: 2026-05-10T10:15:13.859065
modified: 2026-05-10T10:15:13.847316