Regulatory volume decrease in isolated nematocytes is affected by crude venom from the jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca

Crude venom from nematocysts of the Scyphozoan <em>Pelagia noctiluca</em> possesses hemolytic and cytotoxic power on cultured cells and elicits local and systemic inflammation reactions <em>in vivo</em>. The ability of regulating their volume after exposure to an anisosmotic...

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Main Authors: Rossana Morabito, Silvia Dossena, Giuseppa La Spada, Angela Marino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2014-11-01
Series:Journal of Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/jbr/article/view/4813