Snake Venoms Toxicity
Mostrando 1-12 de 14 artigos, teses e dissertações.
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1. Cell migration inhibition activity of a non-RGD disintegrin from Crotalus durissus collilineatus venom
Abstract Background: In recent decades, snake venom disintegrins have received special attention due to their potential use in anticancer therapy. Disintegrins are small and cysteine-rich proteins present in snake venoms and can interact with specific integrins to inhibit their activities in cell-cell and cell-ECM interactions. These molecules, known to inh
J. Venom. Anim. Toxins incl. Trop. Dis. Publicado em: 29/11/2018
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2. Caracterização funcional e estrutural de uma nova fosfolipase A2 ácida de Bothrops moojeni / Functional and structural characterization of a new acidic phospholipase A2 from Bothrops moojeni
The phospholipase A2 (PLA2s) are enzymes that induce various pharmacological effects and usually correspond to a higher percentage of the protein content of snake venoms. Thus, isolation, biochemical, functional and structural characterization of PLA2s may generate important information for a better understanding of the pharmacological effects and toxicity i
IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia. Publicado em: 26/01/2012
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3. Cytotoxicity of Southeast Asian snake venoms
Cytotoxicity of venoms from eleven medically important snakes found in Southeast Asia (Naja kaouthia, Naja siamensis, Naja sumatrana, Ophiophagus hannah, Bungarus candidus, Bungarus fasciatus, Enhydrina schistosa, Calloselasma rhodostoma, Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus and Tropidolaemus sumatranus) was determined, based on the MTS cytotoxicity assay, which d
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases. Publicado em: 2012
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4. Efeito de uma fosfolipase A2 básica isolada da peçonha de Bothropoides pauloensis (Bothrops pauloensis) sobre formas promastigota de Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis
CHAPTER 2: Leishmaniasis is a group of diseases caused by protozoa of Leishmania genus. The currently available treatment for this disease presents high toxicity and cost, parasite resistance, and difficulties of healing. In this sense, the development of new strategies for treatment of leishmaniasis is indispensable and snake venoms appear as an important n
IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia. Publicado em: 26/07/2011
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5. Study of irradiated bothropstoxin-1 with60Co gamma rays: immune system behavior
Ionizing radiation has been successfully employed to modify the immunological properties of biomolecules. Very promising results were obtained when crude animal venoms, as well as isolated toxins, were treated with 60Co gamma rays, yielding toxoids with good immunogenicity. The achievement of modified antigens with lower toxicity and preserved or improved im
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases. Publicado em: 2009
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6. Caracterização da DNase da peçonha da serpente Bothrops alternatus : comparação com a DNase acida de mamiferos envolvida em apoptose / Characterization of a Dnase from Bothrops alternatus snake venom : comparision with mamalian acid Dnases involved in apoptosis
Bothrops snake venoms are cytotoxic to a variety of cells (endothelial, smooth muscle, renal and inflammatory cells), and may cause cell death by apoptosis. The venom components implicated in apoptosis include metalloproteinases and L-amino acid oxidase. In contrast, although acidic deoxyribonucleases (DNase II) have been implicated in DNA fragmentation duri
Publicado em: 2008
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7. Isolamento e caracterização de toxinas do veneno de Bothrops alcatraz Marques, Martins e Sazima, 2002 e aspectos coevolutivos com a dieta / Isolation and characterization of toxins of Bothrops alcatraz Marques, Martins e Sazima, 2002 venom and coevolutive aspects with diet
Snakes venoms are complex mixtures with varied composition constituted by organic and inorganic molecules. The main organic components are proteins, which can be toxic and show high enzymatic activities, thus playing important role in prey capture and digestion in snakes. Viperidae snakes family show wide range of biological actions, as proteolytic, coagulan
Publicado em: 2007
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8. Toxicity and symptomatic identification of species involved in snakebites in the Indian subcontinent
Snakebites, being the major occupational hazard for farm workers, claim a large number of lives in the Indian subcontinent. During the course of medical management, identification of the biting species is given a low priority, resorting to prescription of polyvalent anti-snake venom. Whereas the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends monospecific anti-sn
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases. Publicado em: 2006
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9. Renal effects promoted by myotoxins and lectins isolated from the snake venoms of Bothrops jararacusu and Bothrops moojeni. The role of cyclooxigenase and endothelin / Efeitos renais de miotoxinas e lectinas purificadas dos venenos das serpentes Bothrops jararacussu e Bothrops moojeni. Papel da ciclooxigenase e endotelina
Acute renal failure is one of the most common systemic complications after snakebite. However, its pathogenesis remains obscure. In this study, we evaluated the renal effects of Bothrops jararacussu myotoxins I and II (Bthtx-I Lys 49 and BthtxII, Asp 49), Bothrops moojeni myotoxin I and the lectins from Bothrops moojeni and Bothrops jararacussu. Attempting t
Publicado em: 2006
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10. A low-cost method to test cytotoxic effects of Crotalus vegrandis (Serpentes: Viperidae) venom on kidney cell cultures
The pathogenesis of the renal lesion upon envenomation by snakebite has been related to myolysis, hemolysis, hypotension and/or direct venom nephrotoxicity caused by the venom. Both primary and continuous cell culture systems provide an in vitro alternative for quantitative evaluation of the toxicity of snake venoms. Crude Crotalus vegrandis venom was fracti
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo. Publicado em: 2005-06
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11. Efeito renal do veneno da Brothrops erythromelas e bloqueio induzido pelo fator antibotrópico do Didelphis marsupialis / Renal effect of Bothrops erythromelas venom and blockage induced by antibothropic factor from Didelphis marsupialis
Some animals present natural resistance to the effects of snake venoms that can be explained by the presence of neutralizing factors in their blood serum. The resistance of South American Didelphis marsupialis, against crotalid venoms, especially of the genus Bothrops, of utmost medical importance in Brazil, has been object of investigation in the last few y
Publicado em: 2004
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12. Coevolution of diet and prey-specific venom activity supports the role of selection in snake venom evolution
The processes that drive the evolution of snake venom variability, particularly the role of diet, have been a topic of intense recent research interest. Here, we test whether extensive variation in venom composition in the medically important viper genus Echis is associated with shifts in diet. Examination of stomach and hindgut contents revealed extreme var
The Royal Society.