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Rym Ben Khalifa
Affiliation : Institut Pasteur de Tunis
- 28Publications (affiliation in Tunisia)
- 49Total publications
- 843Citations
- 16h-index
Research profile
Rym Ben Khalifa has 28 indexed publications (1996–2026). Their work appears mainly in “Toxicon”, “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” and “Biochimie”. Their most cited article, “Hemitoxin, the first potassium channel toxin from the venom of the Iranian scorpionHemiscorpius lepturus” (2008), has been cited 51 times. 4 of these publications date from the last three years of activity. Their work is co-authored with at least 12 researchers, including institutions in Italy, Spain, France, Iran.
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Create my free profile Add my publicationsResearch areas
- Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies
- Ion channel regulation and function
- Healthcare and Venom Research
- Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
- Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
Publications (28)
- Measuring capacities to advance global health security and bioeconomic development on the African continent
- Oxysterol-Induced Inflammation in Human Diseases: Strategies for Treatment with Natural Compounds and Synthetic Molecules
- When the secondary role plays its full part: the story of the Kv3.1 channel in neuropathologies
- Neutralizing Nanobodies against Venoms from Naja haje Species Captured in North Africa
- Cross Pharmacological, Biochemical and Computational Studies of a Human Kv3.1b Inhibitor from Androctonus australis Venom
- Multiallelic rare variants support an oligogenic origin of sudden cardiac death in the young
- First Evidence of Kv3.1b Potassium Channel Subtype Expression during Neuronal Serotonergic 1C11 Cell Line Development
- A severe clinical phenotype of Noonan syndrome with neonatal hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the second case worldwide withRAF1S259Y neomutation
- Xenopus Oocyte’s Conductance for Bioactive Compounds Screening and Characterization
- Novel ALPK3 mutation in a Tunisian patient with pediatric cardiomyopathy and facio-thoraco-skeletal features
- The effect of oxysterols on nerve impulses
- Modulation of Kv3.1b potassium channel level and intracellular potassium concentration in 158N murine oligodendrocytes and BV-2 murine microglial cells treated with 7-ketocholesterol, 24S-hydroxycholesterol or tetracosanoic acid (C24:0)
- H syndrome: Clinical, histological and genetic investigation in Tunisian patients
- Evidence of K+ homeostasis disruption in cellular dysfunction triggered by 7-ketocholesterol, 24S-hydroxycholesterol, and tetracosanoic acid (C24:0) in 158N murine oligodendrocytes
- 23. A novel toxin variant from the Androctonus australis hector scorpion venom selectively activates Kv7.4 channel
- Erratum to: Inhibition of human Kv3.1 current expressed in Xenopus oocytes by the toxic venom fraction of Androctonus australis hector
- Subtype-Selective Activation of Kv7 Channels by AaTXKβ(2–64), a Novel Toxin Variant from the Androctonus australis Scorpion Venom
- Inhibition of human Kv3.1 current expressed in Xenopus oocytes by the toxic venom fraction of Androctonus australis hector
- Hemitoxin, the first potassium channel toxin from the venom of the Iranian scorpionHemiscorpius lepturus
- Depression of cardiac L-type calcium current by a scorpion venom fraction M1 following muscarinic receptors interaction involving adenylate cyclase pathway
- A novel depolarizing activity of scorpion venom fraction M1 due to activation of skeletal muscle nicotinic receptors
- A new type of scorpion Na+-channel-toxin-like polypeptide active on K+ channels
- Kbot1, a three disulfide bridges toxin from Buthus occitanus tunetanus venom highly active on both SK and Kv channels
- BotIT6: a potent depressant insect toxin from Buthus occitanus tunetanus venom
- A chimeric scorpion α‐toxin displays de novo electrophysiological properties similar to those of α‐like toxins
- Importance of the fourth disulfide bridge in the maurotoxin structure and activity
- A Recombinant Insect‐Specific α‐Toxin of Buthus occitanus tunetanus Scorpion Confers Protection Against Homologous Mammal Toxins
- Immunochemical and electrophysiological properties of a novel recombinant scorpion alpha insect toxin
Publication venues
- Toxicon × 6
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences × 3
- Biochimie × 2
- Archives of Pharmacal Research × 2
- European Journal of Biochemistry × 2
- International Journal of Infectious Diseases × 1
Publications per year
- 20261
- 20252
- 20241
- 20211
- 20202
- 20192
- 20184
- 20171
- 20142
- 20132
Collaborations
Partner institutions : Tunis El Manar University · University of Molise · Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas · University of the Basque Country · University of Naples Federico II
Co-authors’ countries : Italy · Spain · France · Iran
Co-authors
- Mohamed El Ayeb
- Amani Cheikh
- Zied Landoulsi
- Hager Jaouadi
- Najet Srairi‐Abid
- Sonia Abdelhak
- Sonia Maatoug
- Balkiss Bouhaouala‐Zahar
- Hager Tabka
- Habib Karoui
- Maryem Bezine
- Amira Zarrouk
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