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Serological investigation and PCR in detection of pathogenic leptospires in snakes

Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2011
Detection of Leptospira by PCR had not yet been described in snakes. This study investigated, by microscopic agglutination test (MAT) and PCR, the presence of antibodies to Leptospira spp.
Natália P. Biscola, Felipe Fornazari, Eduardo Saad, Virginia B. Richini-Pereira, Michelle V. Campagner, Helio Langoni, Benedito Barraviera, Rui S. Ferreira Junior   +7 more
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Leucurogin, a new recombinant disintegrin cloned from Bothrops leucurus (white-tailed-jararaca) with potent activity upon platelet aggregation and tumor growth [PDF]

, 2011
Disintegrins and disintegrins-like proteins are able to inhibit platelet aggregation and integrin-mediated cell adhesion. the aim of this study was to produce one disintegrin-like cloned from Bothrops leucurus venom gland and to characterize it regarding
Almeida, M. C., Araujo, Ronaldo Carvalho, Barros, C. C., Higuchi, D. A., Lang, E. A. S., Pesquero, J. L., Pesquero, João Bosco, Pesquero, P. R., Samaan, M., Sanchez, E. F.   +9 more
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Effects on cell cycle progression and cytoskeleton organization of five Bothrops spp. venoms in cell culture-based assays

Heliyon, 2023
Snake envenomation is a neglected tropical disease. In Brazil, the Bothrops genus is responsible for about 86% of snakebite accidents. Despite extensive evidence of the cytotoxicity of snake venoms, the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved are not ...
Bianca Sayuri Takayasu, Sheila Silva Rodrigues, Carlos Eduardo Madureira Trufen, Glaucia Maria Machado-Santelli, Janice Onuki   +4 more
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Tissue Localization and Extracellular Matrix Degradation by PI, PII and PIII Snake Venom Metalloproteinases: Clues on the Mechanisms of Venom-Induced Hemorrhage [PDF]

, 2015
20 páginas, 4 figuras, 3 tablas y 7 tablas en material suplementario.Snake venom hemorrhagic metalloproteinases (SVMPs) of the PI, PII and PIII classes were compared in terms of tissue localization and their ability to hydrolyze basement membrane ...
A Osaka, A Rucavado, A Rucavado, AF Pinto, AK Oliveira, Alexandra Rucavado, AM Moura-da-Silva, AM Moura-da-Silva, Ana Moura, BG Fry, C Baldo, Cristina Herrera, DB Gould, Diego Morazán, E Camacho, EN Baramova, EN Baramova, EN Baramova, J Durban, Jay W. Fox, JJ Calvete, JM Gutiérrez, JM Gutiérrez, JM Gutiérrez, JM Gutiérrez, José María Gutiérrez, Juan J. Calvete, JW Fox, Jéssica Kele A. Macêdo, K Kühn, K Kühn, L Watanabe, Libia Sanz, Mathieu-Benoit Voisin, N Jiménez, NR Casewell, NR Casewell, NR Casewell, PD Yurchenco, PD Yurchenco, R Timpl, SM Serrano, SM Serrano, SM Serrano, Sussan Nourshargh, SV Costes, T Escalante, T Escalante, T Escalante, T Nikai, Teresa Escalante, UK Laemmli, WJ Wang   +52 more
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Anti-inflammatory activity of Blutaparon portulacoides ethanolic extract against the inflammatory reaction induced by Bothrops jararacussu venom and isolated myotoxins BthTX-I and II [PDF]

, 2009
This article reports the anti-inflammatory effect of Blutaparon portulacoides (B. portulacoides), specifically the ethanolic extract of its aerial parts, on the edema formation and leukocyte influx caused by Bothrops jararacussu (B.
BARBOSA, AM, COGO, JC, PEREIRA, IC, RIBEIRO, W, SALVADOR, MJ, SOARES, AM, ZAMUNER, SR   +6 more
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Involvement of Nitric Oxide on Bothropoides insularis Venom Biological Effects on Murine Macrophages In Vitro [PDF]

, 2016
Viperidae venom has several local and systemic effects, such as pain, edema, inflammation, kidney failure and coagulopathy. Additionally, bothropic venom and its isolated components directly interfere on cellular metabolism, causing alterations such as ...
de Menezes, Ramon R. P. P. B., Marcolino de Assis Junior, Eudmar   +1 more
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Envenenamento experimental por Bothropoides jararaca e Bothrops jararacussu em ovinos: aspectos clínico-patológicos e laboratoriais Experimental poisoning by Bothropoides jararaca and Bothrops jararacussu in sheep: clinic-pathological and laboratory aspects

Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2010
Esse estudo teve como objetivo determinar as alterações clínico-patológicas e laboratoriais em ovinos inoculados com a peçonha de Bothropoides jararaca e Bothrops jararacussu, no intuito de fornecer subsídios que possam facilitar o estabelecimento do ...
Ana Paula Aragão, Carlos H. Tokarnia, Flávio A.S. Graça, Ticiana N. França, Cleide D. Coelho, Saulo A. Caldas, Paulo V. Peixoto   +6 more
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Flora bacteriana da cavidade oral, presas e veneno de Bothrops jararaca: possível fonte de infecção no local da picada Bacterial flora of the oral cavity, fangs and venom of Bothrops jararaca: possible source of infection at the local bite

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1990
Materiais colhidos das presas, das bainhas das presas e do veneno de 15 Bothrops jararaca recém-capturadas, aparentemente saudáveis, foram submetidos a exame bacterioscópico e cultura aeróbia a anaeróbia.
Miguel Tanús Jorge, João Silva de Mendonça, Lindioneza Adriano Ribeiro, Maria Lucia Ribeiro da Silva, Elisa Junko Ura Kusano, Carmen Lúcia dos Santos Cordeiro   +5 more
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Bioactive extracts from Aesculus hippocastanum and Melilotus officinalis as inhibitors of the toxic effects of Bothrops jararaca, B. jararacussu, and B. neuwiedi snake venom

Rodriguésia
Snakebite envenomation (SBE) is a neglected disease causing annually 138,000 deaths worldwide. In Brazil, the genus Bothrops is responsible for 87% of these SBE.
Roberto da Costa Gonçalves, Camila Castro-Pinheiro, Eládio Flores Sanchez, Stanislav Sukhikh, Olga Babich, Svetlana Ivanova, André Lopes Fuly   +6 more
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Medicinal and ethnoveterinary remedies of hunters in Trinidad [PDF]

, 2001
Background Ethnomedicines are used by hunters for themselves and their hunting dogs in Trinidad. Plants are used for snakebites, scorpion stings, for injuries and mange of dogs and to facilitate hunting success. Results Plants used include Piper hispidum,
M Heinrich, NL Etkin, S Moodie-Kublalsingh, R Wall, ME Alkins, SA Nishioka, JC Murphy, MT Jorge, J Kenny, LD George Angus, MJ Hutt, P Melo, JO Boos, CH Browner, G Bourdy, WH Hodge, DS Nunes, J Serpell, EB Russo, EF Im Thurn, E Roth Walter, RR Mole, PA Dennis, D Hazlett, JA Duke, MJ Martínez-Lirola, AB Carr, E Davis, W Wilbert, Bonnie Beaver, G Urton, WV Branan, AL Fuly, I Francischetti, R Otero, HC Castro, L Thomas, NA Pereira, H Wagner, PJ Houghton, R Ejzemberg, MS Abubakar, W Martz, R Reyes-Chilpa, O Castro, PA Melo, A Borges, H Daisley, CM McCorkle, JA Duke, JF Morton, W Wong, FG Coe, DA Lachman-White, LM Girón, JJ Moreno, C Yoosook, P Tuntiwachwuttikul, RH Cichewicz, H Wagner, B Frei, AA Al-Qarawi, SC Comerford, W Wilbert, PN Honychurch, R Verpoorte, R Otero, I Indrayanto, K Inoue, E Osim, J Laferriere, W Setzer, MW Bernart, WB Mors, Anon, AJJ Van den Berg, LF Villegas, C Hufford, IT Matsuse, RP Labadie, JF Morton, JF Morton, S Horsten, JF Morton, RE Omoregbe, B Das, C Auvin-Guette, WD MacRae, JX de-Vries, MP Gupta, J Mills, C Desmarchelier, JA Duke, C Desmarchelier, C Desmarchelier, C Desmarchelier, E Mongelli, WR Stimson, ML Tan, R Hegnauer, T Plowman, MA Kay, R Hansel, R Hegnauer, L Joly, V Muñoz, T Arnason, FG Coe, JB Calixto, NV Rajeshkumar, KCS Chen Liu, KS Satyan, ARS Santos, B Burke, MO Nwosu, K Jenett-Siems, H Hirschhorn, F Ayala Flores, B-N Zhou, J-L Longuefosse, R Novaretti, D Rivera, E Yesilada, E Blanco, A Cáceres, R Hegnauer, R Hegnauer, A Filipov, A Cáceres, G Schmeda-Hirschmann, VS Frutuoso, AK Bhargava, FI Freire M de, J Jakupovic, S Borkosky, R Hegnauer, R Otero, C Lans   +137 more
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