研究人员针对血栓性心血管疾病治疗需求，从石珊瑚Goniopora columna中鉴定出新型Kunitz样多肽GcKuz1。该研究通过转录组分析揭示其毒素多样性，证实GcKuz1能特异性抑制血浆激肽释放酶(PKa)和凝血因子XIIa(FXIIa)，在2-16 μM浓度下延长血浆复钙时间(APTT)但不影响凝血酶原时间(PT)。

The research also highlights the complex interplay between heat stress, disease onset and coral mortality. Notably, Goniopora corals developed black band disease, contributing to the high ...

In their paper for Limnology and Oceanography Letters, the researchers note that one species of coral, Goniopora tenuidens, ...

Another species, the Goniopora, became infected by black band disease, which invades the coral’s tissue and can kill it. “Our findings underscore the urgent need for action to protect coral ...

“Every single colony across the 2,000-sq-metre Goniopora patch perished as I watched,” he says. “I saw the tissue sloughing off the skeletons, and algae smothering the remains.” ...