Complement System Proteins
Mostrando 1-12 de 186 artigos, teses e dissertações.
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1. Quality of horse F(ab′)2 antitoxins and antirabies immunoglobulins: protein content and anticomplementary activity
Abstract Background Among other applications, immunotherapy is used for the post-exposure treatment and/or prophylaxis of important infectious diseases, such as botulism, diphtheria, tetanus and rabies. The effectiveness of serum therapy is widely proven, but improvements on the immunoglobulin purification process and on the quality control are necessary to
J. Venom. Anim. Toxins incl. Trop. Dis. Publicado em: 16/07/2018
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2. Biological characterization of compounds from Rhinella schneideri poison that act on the complement system
Background The skin secretions of toads of the family Bufonidae contain biogenic amines, alkaloids, steroids (bufotoxins), bufodienolides (bufogenin), peptides and proteins. The poison of Rhinella schneideri, formerly classified as Bufo paracnemis, presents components that act on different biological systems, including the complement system. The aim of this
J. Venom. Anim. Toxins incl. Trop. Dis. Publicado em: 29/09/2015
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3. Purification procedure for the isolation of a P-I metalloprotease and an acidic phospholipase A 2 fromBothrops atrox snake venom
Background Snake venoms are complex mixtures of inorganic and organic components, mainly proteins and peptides. Standardization of methods for isolating bioactive molecules from snake venoms is extremely difficult due to the complex and highly variable composition of venoms, which can be influenced by factors such as age and geographic location of the specim
J. Venom. Anim. Toxins incl. Trop. Dis. Publicado em: 29/09/2015
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4. Síntese de proteínas do sistema complemento por células dendríticas derivadas de monócitos na presença de sobrenadante tumoral. / Synthesis of complement proteins by monocyte-derived dendritic cells developed in the presence of tumor supernatants.
O processo de apresentação antigênica realizado pelas células dendríticas (DC) aos linfócitos T constitui o passo inicial da geração da resposta imune anti-tumoral. As neoplasias interferem nesse processo alterando funcionalmente as DCs. Entre os fatores que influenciam a função das DCs, está a proteína C3 do sistema complemento. Assim, este trab
IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia. Publicado em: 03/02/2012
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5. Hemolytic activity of alternative complement pathway as an indicator of innate immunity in pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus)
The objective of this study was to evaluate the methodology to establish the hemolytic activity of alternative complement pathway as an indicator of the innate immunity in Brazilian fish pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus), in addition to verifying the influence of β-glucan as an immunostimulant. Fish were fed with diets containing 0, 0.1 and 1% β-glucan, durin
Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia. Publicado em: 2012-02
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6. Avaliação do sistema complemento e produção de anticorpos de pacientes HIV negativos com neurocriptococose / Antibody response to Cryptococcus sp and complement system activation in HIV negative patients with neurocryptococcosis
Cryptococcus sp é um fungo saprófita, cosmopolita, que causa micose sistêmica, geralmente, subaguda ou crônica, conhecida, sobretudo, por sua localização meníngea, após aquisição da infecção por via respiratória Embora seja ubíquo, a criptococose ocorre predominantemente em indivíduos imunodeficientes e podendo ocorrer, também, em indivíduos
IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia. Publicado em: 31/10/2011
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7. Effect of photodynamic therapy on the extracellular matrix and associated components
In many countries, photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been recognized as a standard treatment for malignant conditions (for example, esophageal and lung cancers) and non-malignant ones such as age-related macular degeneration and actinic keratoses. The administration of a non-toxic photosensitizer, its selective retention in highly proliferating cells and the la
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research. Publicado em: 05/07/2007
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8. Expressão de proteínas do vírus da dengue em células de inseto utilizando o sistema baculovírus de expressão
Dengue is the most common mosquito-borne viral disease of humans and its infection may evolve to a potentially lethal disease known as Dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF). This disease is caused by a positive-sense, single-stranded, enveloped RNA virus that belongs to the genus Flavivirus within Flaviviridae and its genome is organized in a single ORF which enco
Publicado em: 2007
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9. Ação de polissacarídeos sulfatados de Fucus Vesiculosus na Hemostasia e no sistema complemento
Fucans are a family of sulfated homo and teropolysaccharides respectively, composed mainly of a- (12) and a- (13) linked by L-fucose residues. Properties such as the ability to act as an anti-contraceptive, to reduce cholesterol levels, and to act as an anti-tumor agent are much related. We have focused our attention on the anticoagulant properties, platelet
Publicado em: 2006
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10. Trypanosoma cruzi e o Sistema Complemento: Mecanismos de ativação e o papel do gene CRIT (Complement C2 Receptor Inhibitor Trispanning) na resistência à lise em cepas de classe I e II / Trypanosoma cruzi E O SISTEMA COMPLEMENTO: MECANISMOS DE ATIVAÇÃO E O PAPEL DO GENE CRIT (COMPLEMENT C2 RECEPTOR INHIBITOR TRISPANNING) NA RESISTÊNCIA À LISE EM CEPAS DE CLASSE I E II / Trypanosoma cruzi e o Sistema Complemento: Mecanismos de ativação e o papel do gene CRIT (Complement C2 Receptor Inhibitor Trispanning) na resistência à lise em cepas de classe I e II / Trypanosoma cruzi E O SISTEMA COMPLEMENTO: MECANISMOS DE ATIVAÇÃO E O PAPEL DO GENE CRIT (COMPLEMENT C2 RECEPTOR INHIBITOR TRISPANNING) NA RESISTÊNCIA À LISE EM CEPAS DE CLASSE I E II
Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas disease, infects 18 million people in Latin America. T. cruzi has an heteroxicenous life cycle infecting vertebrates and invertebrate hosts. Two classes of T. cruzi have been proposed based on molecular markers, the class I with a sylvatic life cycle infecting mostly marsupials, while class II parasites have a domestic
Publicado em: 2006
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11. Expression and localization of proteins of the complement system in human skin.
The complement system participates in the immune recognition of foreign antigens, many of which may penetrate the skin by physical injury or transcutaneous adsorption. In this study, we examined the presence of complement components and complement regulatory proteins in the human skin and cultured human keratinocytes. Immunofluorescence studies showed C3, Fa
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12. Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus (Human Herpesvirus 8) Open Reading Frame 4 Protein (Kaposica) Is a Functional Homolog of Complement Control Proteins
The genome analysis of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) has revealed the presence of an open reading frame (ORF 4) with sequence homology to complement control proteins. To assign a function to this protein, we have now expressed this ORF using the Pichia expression system and shown that the purified protein inhibited human complement-mediated
American Society for Microbiology.