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Cathepsin B/X is secreted by Echinometra lucunter sea urchin spines, a structure rich in granular cells and toxins

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, December 2013
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Title
Cathepsin B/X is secreted by Echinometra lucunter sea urchin spines, a structure rich in granular cells and toxins
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Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, December 2013
DOI 10.1186/1678-9199-19-33
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Juliana Mozer Sciani, Marta Maria Antoniazzi, Adriana da Costa Neves, Daniel Carvalho Pimenta

Abstract

Echinometra lucunter is a common American sea urchin responsible for the majority of the marine accidents in Brazil. Although not lethal, these accidents are reported to be extremely painful. Recently, our group described the presence of toxins in its spines that contribute to the pathological reactions. Additionally, we have observed that the E. lucunter spines can regenerate when broken. In the present work we evaluated the enzymatic activities of sea urchin spine extracts in order to identify an enzyme that could contribute not only to the toxicity, but also participate in the spine growth and regeneration.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Egypt 1 7%
Unknown 14 93%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 4 27%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 13%
Professor 2 13%
Student > Master 2 13%
Other 1 7%
Other 1 7%
Unknown 3 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 20%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 20%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 7%
Arts and Humanities 1 7%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 7%
Other 3 20%
Unknown 3 20%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 December 2013.
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#17,283,763
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#332
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#205,015
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#5
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