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South American snake venom proteins antigenically-related to Bothrops asper myotoxins.
(1990)
the presence of proteins antigenically related to Bothrops asper myotoxins in various snake venoms, mainly from South America, was investigated by using poluclonal and monoclonal antibodies. 2. Myotoxin-like components ...
Effects of Bothrops asper snake venom on the expression of cyclooxygenases and production of prostaglandins by peritoneal leukocytes in vivo, and by isolated neutrophils and macrophages in vitro
(2009-03)
In this study, the ability of Bothrops asper snake venom (BaV) to increase the production of prostaglandins PGE2 and PGD2 was assessed in a mouse model in vivo and in inflammatory cells in vitro. In addition, the expressions ...
Electrophoretic and immunochemical studies of Micrurus venoms
(1994)
The electrophoretic mobilities of venom components from 15 Micrurus species were studied by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The venoms showed species-specific protein patterns under native (PAGE) or denaturing (urea-PAGE) ...
Inhibition of the myotoxic activity of Bothrops aspermyotoxin II in mice by immunization with its synthetic 13-mer peptide 115-129
(1999)
The region comprising amino acid residues 115±129 of myotoxin II, a Lys49
phospholipase A2 from the venom of Bothrops asper, was previously shown to constitute a
heparin binding site, and to be associated with its toxic ...
Analysis of gut microbiome profiles in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) in health and intestinal disease
(2022-03-15)
Chronic gastrointestinal (GI) diseases are the most common diseases in captive common marmosets. To understand the role of the microbiome in GI diseases, we characterized the gut microbiome of 91 healthy marmosets (303 ...
Three-finger toxins from the venom of Micrurus tschudii (desert coral snake): isolation and characterization of tschuditoxin-I
(2019)
Venoms from Micrurus (New World coral snakes) display potent peripheral neurotoxicity which may cause death
by respiratory paralysis, yet many are poorly or not characterized. The major venom components of coral snakes
are ...
What lies behind the curtain: Cryptic diversity in helminth parasites of human and veterinary importance
(2022)
Parasite cryptic species are morphologically indistinguishable but genetically distinct organisms, leading to taxa
with unclear species boundaries. Speciation mechanisms such as cospeciation, host colonization, taxon ...
Venomic analysis of the poorly studied desert coral snake, Micrurus tschudii tschudii, supports the 3FTx/PLA2 dichotomy across Micrurus venoms
(2016)
The venom proteome of the poorly studied desert coral snake Micrurus tschudii tschudii
was unveiled using a venomic approach, which identified ¥38 proteins belonging to only four snake
venom protein families. The ...
Poor regenerative outcome after skeletal muscle necrosis induced by Bothrops asper venom: alterations in microvasculature and nerves
(PLoS ONE 6(5): e19834, 2011-05-24)
Background: Viperid snakebite envenoming is characterized by prominent local tissue damage, including muscle necrosis. A frequent outcome of such local pathology is deficient skeletal muscle regeneration, which causes ...
Zoonotic Agents in Feral Pigeons (Columba livia) from Costa Rica: Possible Improvements to Diminish Contagion Risks
(2018-01)
Most studies on zoonotic agents in pigeons have been conducted in the Palearctic region, but the scarcity of data is notorious in the Neotropical region, where these birds can breed all year around and are in close contact ...