Revolutionizing snakebite care with novel antivenoms : Breakthroughs and barriers

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Snakebite envenoming (SBE) is a global public health concern, primarily due to the lack of effective antivenom for treating snakebites inflicted by medically significant venomous snakes prevalent across various geographic locations. The rising demand for safe, cost-effective, and potent snakebite treatments highlights the urgent need to develop alternative therapeutics targeting relevant toxins. This development could provide promising discoveries to create novel recombinant solutions, leveraging human monoclonal antibodies, synthetic peptides and nanobodies. Such technologies as recombinant DNA, peptide and epitope mapping phage display etc) have the potential to exceed the traditional use of equine polyclonal antibodies, which have long been used in antivenom production. Recombinant antivenom can be engineered to target certain toxins that play a critical role in snakebite pathology. This approach has the potential to produce antivenom with improved efficacy and safety profiles. However, there are limitations and challenges associated with these emerging technologies. Therefore, identifying the limitations is critical for overcoming the associated challenges and optimizing the development of recombinant antivenoms. This review is aimed at presenting a thorough overview of diverse technologies used in the development of recombinant antivenom, emphasizing their limitations and offering insights into prospects for advancing recombinant antivenoms.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Heliyon - 10(2024), 3 vom: 15. Feb., Seite e25531

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Uko, Samuel Odo [VerfasserIn]
Malami, Ibrahim [VerfasserIn]
Ibrahim, Kasimu Ghandi [VerfasserIn]
Lawal, Nafiu [VerfasserIn]
Bello, Muhammad Bashir [VerfasserIn]
Abubakar, Murtala Bello [VerfasserIn]
Imam, Mustapha Umar [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies
Antivenom
Journal Article
Nanobodies
Recombinant antivenom
Review
Snake venom
Traditional antivenom

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Date Revised 10.02.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25531

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NLM368233014