Marine drugs have developed rapidly in recent decades. Cone snails, a group of more than
700 species, have always been one of the focuses for new drug discovery. These venomous …

The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) represents the prototype of ligand-gated ion
channels. It is vital for neuromuscular transmission and an important regulator of …

The diversity of venomous organisms and the toxins they produce have been increasingly
investigated, but taxonomic bias remains important. Neogastropods, a group of marine …

Predator–prey interactions are critical in ecological communities, but it is increasingly clear
that a predator's effect goes beyond eating prey. Fear of predators may also alter the …

The pentameric nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are typically classed as muscle-
or neuronal-type, however, the latter has also been reported in non-neuronal cells. Given …

Cone snails are carnivorous marine animals that prey on fish (piscivorous), worms
(vermivorous), or other mollusks (molluscivorous). They produce a complex venom mostly …

The fish-hunting marine cone snail Conus geographus uses a specialized venom insulin to
induce hypoglycemic shock in its prey. We recently showed that this venom insulin, Con-Ins …

The venom of marine cone snails is mainly composed of peptide toxins called conopeptides,
among which conotoxins represent those that are disulfide-rich. Publications on …

The molecular and functional conservation of oxytocin‐related neuropeptides in behavior is
striking. In animals separated by at least 600 million years of evolution, from roundworms to …

Somatostatin (SS) is a peptide hormone with diverse physiological roles. By investigating a
deep-water clade of fish-hunting cone snails, we show that predator-prey evolution has …