Search Results - "SOARES, Andreimar M"
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An Update on Potential Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Actions of Snake Venom L-amino Acid Oxidases (LAAOs)
Published in Current medicinal chemistry (01-01-2018)“…LAAOs (EC 1.4.3.2) are found in concentrations that vary according to each species of snakes; Viperidae, Crotalidae and Elapidae contain 1-9% of this enzyme in…”
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Inflammasome NLRP3 activation induced by Convulxin, a C-type lectin-like isolated from Crotalus durissus terrificus snake venom
Published in Scientific reports (18-03-2022)“…Convulxin (CVX), a C-type lectin-like protein isolated from the venom of the snake species, Crotalus durissus terrificus , stimulates platelet aggregation by…”
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Snake Venom L-Amino Acid Oxidases : Trends in Pharmacology and Biochemistry
Published in BioMed research international (01-01-2014)“…L-amino acid oxidases are enzymes found in several organisms, including venoms of snakes, where they contribute to the toxicity of ophidian envenomation. Their…”
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Structural Basis for the Inhibition of a Phospholipase A2-Like Toxin by Caffeic and Aristolochic Acids
Published in PloS one (20-07-2015)“…One of the main challenges in toxicology today is to develop therapeutic alternatives for the treatment of snake venom injuries that are not efficiently…”
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Inhibition of the Myotoxicity Induced by Bothrops jararacussu Venom and Isolated Phospholipases A2 by Specific Camelid Single-Domain Antibody Fragments
Published in PloS one (01-03-2016)“…Antivenoms, produced using animal hyperimmune plasma, remains the standard therapy for snakebites. Although effective against systemic damages, conventional…”
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Mechanism of the cytotoxic effect of l-amino acid oxidase isolated from Bothrops alternatus snake venom
Published in International journal of biological macromolecules (01-11-2016)“…BaltLAAO-I, an L-amino acid oxidase isolated from Bothrops alternatus, is a glycoprotein enzyme with a pI5.3, 15% sugar and a related molecular mass of…”
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Structural and functional studies of a bothropic myotoxin complexed to rosmarinic acid: new insights into Lys49-PLA₂ inhibition
Published in PloS one (21-12-2011)“…Snakebite envenoming is an important public health problem in many tropical and subtropical countries, and is considered a neglected tropical disease by the…”
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Structural bases for a complete myotoxic mechanism: Crystal structures of two non-catalytic phospholipases A2-like from Bothrops brazili venom
Published in Biochimica et biophysica acta (01-12-2013)“…Bothrops brazili is a snake found in the forests of the Amazonian region whose commercial therapeutic anti-bothropic serum has low efficacy for local myotoxic…”
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Exosome Liberation by Human Neutrophils under L-Amino Acid Oxidase of Calloselasma rhodostoma Venom Action
Published in Toxins (25-10-2023)“…L-Amino acid oxidase (LAAO) is an enzyme found in snake venom that has multifaceted effects, including the generation of hydrogen peroxide (H O ) during…”
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Venomics and antivenomics of the poorly studied Brazil's lancehead, Bothrops brazili (Hoge, 1954), from the Brazilian State of Pará
Published in The journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases (2020)“…The Brazil's lancehead, , is a poorly studied pit viper distributed in lowlands of the equatorial rainforests of southern Colombia, northeastern Peru, eastern…”
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Snake Venom, A Natural Library of New Potential Therapeutic Molecules: Challenges and Current Perspectives
Published in Current pharmaceutical biotechnology (01-01-2018)“…Research involving snake venom has gradually surpassed the simple discovery of new molecules using purification and structural characterization processes, and…”
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Biodiversity as a source of bioactive compounds against snakebites
Published in Current medicinal chemistry (01-01-2014)“…Snakebites are a frequently neglected public health issue in tropical and subtropical countries. According to the World Health Organization, 5 million people…”
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A novel synthetic quinolinone inhibitor presents proteolytic and hemorrhagic inhibitory activities against snake venom metalloproteases
Published in Biochimie (01-02-2016)“…Metalloproteases play a fundamental role in snake venom envenomation inducing hemorrhagic, fibrigen(ogen)olytic and myotoxic effects in their victims. Several…”
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Camelid Single-Domain Antibodies (VHHs) against Crotoxin: A Basis for Developing Modular Building Blocks for the Enhancement of Treatment or Diagnosis of Crotalic Envenoming
Published in Toxins (29-03-2018)“…Toxic effects triggered by crotalic envenoming are mainly related to crotoxin (CTX), composed of a phospholipase A₂ (CB) and a subunit with no toxic activity…”
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Novel camelid antibody fragments targeting recombinant nucleoprotein of Araucaria hantavirus: a prototype for an early diagnosis of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome
Published in PloS one (22-09-2014)“…In addition to conventional antibodies, camelids produce immunoglobulins G composed exclusively of heavy chains in which the antigen binding site is formed…”
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Antimalarial activity of basic phospholipases A2 isolated from Paraguayan Bothrops diporus venom against Plasmodium falciparum
Published in Toxicon X (01-12-2020)“…Malaria is a parasitic infectious disease and was responsible for 400.000 deaths in 2018. Plasmodium falciparum represents the species that causes most human…”
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Protective effect of schizolobium parahyba flavonoids against snake venoms and isolated toxins
Published in Current topics in medicinal chemistry (01-10-2011)“…Four compounds (isoquercitrin, myricetin-3-O-glucoside, catechin and gallocatechin) were isolated from lyophilized aqueous extract of Schizolobium parahyba…”
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Human neutrophils functionality under effect of an Asp49 phospholipase A2 isolated from Bothrops atrox venom
Published in Toxicon X (01-06-2020)“…Bothrops envenomation is associated with a cellular inflammatory response, characterized by pronounced neutrophil infiltration at the site of injury…”
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Antitumoral Potential of Snake Venom Phospholipases A2 and Synthetic Peptides
Published in Current pharmaceutical biotechnology (01-11-2016)“…Cancer, a disease that currently affects approximately 14 million people, is characterized by abnormal cell growth with altered replication capacity, which…”
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Isolation and structural characterization of bioactive compound from Aristolochia sprucei aqueous extract with anti-myotoxic activity
Published in Toxicon X (01-09-2020)“…A bioactive compound isolated from the stem extract of Aristolochia sprucei through High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) was identified via Nuclear…”
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