From venom peptides to a potential diabetes treatment

Elife. 2019 Feb 12:8:e44829. doi: 10.7554/eLife.44829.

Abstract

Cone snails have evolved a variety of insulin-like molecules that may help with the development of better treatments for diabetes.

Keywords: biochemistry; chemical biology; cone snail; diabetes; hypoglycemic shock; insulin; receptors; venom.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Diabetes Mellitus*
  • Ligands
  • Mollusk Venoms
  • Peptides
  • Receptor, Insulin
  • Venoms*
  • Vertebrates

Substances

  • Ligands
  • Mollusk Venoms
  • Peptides
  • Venoms
  • Receptor, Insulin