S- and P-type cobra venom cardiotoxins differ in their action on isolated rat heart.

Alexey S AverinMikhail V GoltyaevTatyana V AndreevaVladislav G StarkovVictor I TsetlinYuri N Utkin

Published in: The journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases (2022)

The P-type cardiotoxin CTX-2 more strongly impairs rat heart functional activity than the S-type cardiotoxin CTX-1, as expressed in its faster blockage of cardiac contractions as well as in more rapid development and greater magnitude of contracture in its presence.

Keyphrases

heart failure
oxidative stress
klebsiella pneumoniae
atrial fibrillation
sensitive detection