Disease relevance of Insectivora

• Diabetic cataract of the musk shrew (Suncus murinus, Insectivora) exhibiting spontaneous non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) [1].

High impact information on Insectivora

• The evolution of the thyroid hormone distributor protein transthyretin in the order insectivora, class mammalia [2].
• The purpose of this study was to characterize the position of Insectivora in the evolution of transthyretin in eutherians, a subclass of Mammalia. Transthyretin was identified by thyroxine binding and Western analysis in the blood of adult shrews, hedgehogs, and moles [2].
• Also, the pattern of transthyretin precursor mRNA splicing in Insectivora was more similar to that in other eutherians than to that in marsupials, reptiles, and birds [2].
• Pregnancy maintenance and progesterone concentrations in the musk shrew, Suncus murinus (order: Insectivora) [3].
• In isolated preparations of the urinary bladder detrusor of the house musk shrew Suncus murinus (order: insectivora; family: Soricidae), electrical field stimulation (0.5-32 pulses/s) evoked neurogenic contractile responses that were markedly attenuated by atropine (1 microM) [4].

Biological context of Insectivora

• Morphogenesis of esophageal carcinoma induced by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine in the house musk shrew, Suncus murinus (Insectivora) [5].
• Recently, we found that the house musk shrew (Suncus murinus, Insectivora: Soricidae) has a different tissue distribution of D1 activity [6].

Anatomical context of Insectivora

• The distribution, morphological features, and postnatal development of parvalbumin (PV) immunoreactive neurons in the main olfactory bulb (MOB) of the house musk shrew, Suncus murinus, were studied to report for the first time on PV positive bulbar interneurons in the order Insectivora [7].
• Cyto- and myeloarchitectonics as well as acetylcholinesterase activity of the nucleus limitans thalami--an important part of the nociceptive system--were studied in insectivora (Sorex araneus, Erinaceus europaeus, Talpa europaeus), rat, rabbit, cat, monkey and man [8].

Associations of Insectivora with chemical compounds

• Esophageal carcinoma in house musk shrews, Suncus murinus (Insectivora), induced by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine [9].
• We administered streptozotocin (STZ) and alloxan (AL) to the musk shrew (Suncus murinus, Insectivora) to determine the effective diabetogenic dose of the two toxins for this species [10].
• Female house musk shrews (Suncus murinus, Insectivora) were given a single i.p. dose of 30 mg/kg dimethylnitrosamine (DMN) at 8 weeks of age which was lethal 36 to 48 hrs after dosing [11].
• Record of Psilotornus confertus Machalska, 1974 (Trematoda: Psilostomidae), a parasite of birds, in water-shrew Neomys fodiens Pennant, 1771 (Insectivora: Soricidae) in the Oriental Pyrenean Mountains [12].
• A total of 308 fungi was isolated from interior organs (lungs, spleen, liver) of 529 small mammals belonging to 21 species, 7 families and 3 orders (Insectivora, Chiroptera, Rodentia), some of these being potentially pathogenic to vertebrates (e.g. Aspergillus flavus, A. fumigatus, Geotrichum candidum, Mucor pusillus, Rhizopus arrhizus) [13].

Gene context of Insectivora

• The distribution of the neuropeptide Y (NPY) was studied in geniculate and peri-chiasmatic regions in the lesser hedgehog-tenrec, Echinops telfairi (Insectivora) [14].
• Robertsonian metacentrics of the house musk shrew (Suncus murinus, Insectivora, Soricidae) lose the telomeric sequences in the centromeric area [15].
• Organ distribution, purification and characterization of kynureninase in Suncus murinus (Insectivora) and anthranilic acid level in the serum [16].
• Genetic differentiation between laboratory lines of the musk shrew (Suncus murinus, Insectivora) based on restriction endonuclease cleavage patterns of mitochondrial DNA [17].
• Phylogenetic positions of insectivora in eutheria inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit II gene [18].

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