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Quantitation by enzyme-immunoassay of antibodies against Bothrops myotoxins in four commercially-available antivenoms
(1991)An enzyme-immunoassay (EIA) for the quantitation of antibodies against myotoxins present in the venoms of Bothrops asper (Costa Rica), B. atrox (Colombia) and B. moojeni (Brazil), was developed. This EIA was utilized for ... -
¿Qué es el Síndrome de Ovario Poliquístico?
(2010-01)El síndrome de ovario poliquístico (SOP) es uno de los desórdenes endocrinos más comunes en mujeres en edad reproductiva, ya que afecta, aproximadamente, al 5-10% de la población femenina. Generalmente aparece durante la ... -
Reducing the impact of snakebite envenoming in Latin America and the Caribbean: achievements and challenges ahead
(2014-09-01)Snakebite envenoming constitutes an important public health problem in Latin America and some countries of the Caribbean. The advances and pending tasks in the study and control of this neglected tropical disease in ... -
Reevaluación de los índices larvales para Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) en dos localidades con historia epidemiológica de dengue, Costa Rica
(2013-06-01)Introducción. En Costa Rica, el dengue es la principal enfermedad de trasmisión vectorial. Esta afecta ecosistema urbanos como La Carpio y La Gran Puntarenas, donde Aedes aegypti es altamente prevalente. Objetivo. Reevaluar ... -
Reflexiones desde la academia. Universidad, ciencia y sociedad
(2019-01)El libro 'Reflexiones desde la academia. Universidad, ciencia y sociedad' recoge reflexiones relacionadas con la situación actual de las universidades públicas en América Latina y las encrucijadas por las que atraviesan ... -
Regional warming and the thermal regimes of American crocodile nests in the Tempisque Basin, Costa Rica
(2016-06-11)Spatial variation in global climate change makes population-specific responses to this enigmatic threat pertinent on a regional scale. Organisms with temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) potentially possess a ... -
Relation of atrophic gastritis with Helicobacter pylori-CagA+ and interleukin-1 polymorphisms
(World Journal Gastroenterol 14(42), 2008-11-14)AIM: To determine the association of Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) CagA+ infection and pro-inflammatory polymorphisms of the genes interleukin (IL)-1RN and IL-1B with the risk of gastric atrophy and peptic ulcers in a ... -
Resistencia a insecticidas en cepas de Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) de tres distritos de la Región Pacífico Central de Costa Rica
(2018-12-30)Introducción: Aedes aegypti es vector de virus dengue, chikungunya y Zika en Costa Rica. Su alta incidencia y carencia de vacunas hacen del control vectorial, incluyendo el químico, la única alternativa para disminuir su ... -
Resurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia. Snake venomics from a 26-years old polyacrylamide focusing gel
(2012)A 26-year-old dried polyacrylamide gel, cast in presence of an immobilized pH gradient and containing focused proteins from the venoms of a northern black-tailed rattlesnake (Crotalus molossus molossus), and of a western ... -
Rickettsia felis in Ctenocephalides felis from Guatemala and Costa Rica
(2012)Rickettsia felis is an emerging human pathogen associated primarily with the cat flea Ctenocephalides felis.In this study, we investigated the presence of Rickettsia felis in C. felis from Guatemala and Costa Rica. ... -
Role of collagens and perlecan in microvascular stability: exploring the mechanism of capillary vessel damage by snake venom metalloproteinases
(2011-12-08)Hemorrhage is a clinically important manifestation of viperid snakebite envenomings, and is induced by snake venom metalloproteinases (SVMPs). Hemorrhagic and non-hemorrhagic SVMPs hydrolyze some basement membrane (BM) and ... -
Role of cyclooxygenases in oedema-forming activity of bothropic venoms
(2007-04)The venoms of Bothrops asper (BaV) and Bothrops jararaca (BjV), two of the most medically important poisonous snakes of Latin America, cause pronounced oedema in the victims through poorly understood mechanisms. In the ... -
Role of enzymatic activity inmuscle damage and cytotoxicity induced by Bothrops asper Asp49 phospholipase A2 myotoxins: are there additional effector mechanisms involved?
(Peer Journal 2:e569; DOI 10.7717/peerj.569, 2014-09-16)Viperid venoms often contain mixtures of Asp49 and Lys49 PLA2 myotoxin isoforms, relevant to development of myonecrosis. Given their difference in catalytic activity, mechanistic studies on each type require highly ... -
Role of nitric oxide in the local and systemic pathophysiological effects induced by Bothrops asper snake venom in mice
(2006)Objective To assess the role of nitric oxide in the most relevant local and systemic manifestations in mice injected with the venom of the snake Bothrops asper. Mice were pretreated with nitric oxide synthase inhibitors, ... -
Role of the animal model on the pharmacokinetics of equine-derived antivenoms
(2013-08)Antivenom pharmacokinetics has been studied in heterologous models in which the animal species used as immunoglobulin source is different from that used as recipient. In these models, after intravenous administration of ... -
Role of the snake venom toxin jararhagin in proinflammatory pathogenesis: In vitro and in vivo gene expression analysis of the effects of the toxin
(2005-09)To assess the indirect effects of snake venom metalloproteinases (SVMP) on host tissue local necrosis, we investigated the effect of the SVMP jararhagin on the gene expression profiles of human fibroblasts in vitro and ... -
Role of TNF-α, IL-1β and IL-6 in the local tissue damage induced by Bothrops asper snake venom: an experimental assessment in mice
(2005-02)The role of the cytokines TNF-α, IL-1β and IL-6 in the acute local pathological effects induced by Bothrops asper snake venom was assessed in mice. Intramuscular injection of this venom induced increments in IL-1β and IL-6 ...