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Multiple effects of toxins isolated from Crotalus durissus terrificus on the hepatitis C virus life cycle. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is one of the main causes of liver disease and transplantation worldwide. Current therapy is expensive, presents additional side effects and viral resistance has been described.
Jacqueline Farinha Shimizu, Carina Machado Pereira, Cintia Bittar, Mariana Nogueira Batista, Guilherme Rodrigues Fernandes Campos, Suely da Silva, Adélia Cristina Oliveira Cintra, Carsten Zothner, Mark Harris, Suely Vilela Sampaio, Victor Hugo Aquino, Paula Rahal, Ana Carolina Gomes Jardim   +12 more
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Role of crotoxin, a phospholipase A2 isolated from Crotalus durissus terrificus snake venom, on inflammatory and immune reactions

Mediators of Inflammation, 2001
Background: Crotoxin (CTX) is a potent neurotoxin from Crotalus durissus terrificus snake venom (CdtV) composed of two subunits: one without catalytic activity (crotapotin), and a basic phospolipase A2.
Diva F. Cardoso, Monica Lopes-Ferreira, Eliana L. Faquim-Mauro, Mahasti S. Macedo, Sandra H. P. Farsky   +4 more
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Antivenomics as a tool to improve the neutralizing capacity of the crotalic antivenom: a study with crotamine

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2017
Background Snakebite treatment requires administration of an appropriate antivenom that should contain antibodies capable of neutralizing the venom. To achieve this goal, antivenom production must start from a suitable immunization protocol and proper ...
Ricardo Teixeira-Araújo, Patrícia Castanheira, Leonora Brazil-Más, Francisco Pontes, Moema Leitão de Araújo, Maria Lucia Machado Alves, Russolina Benedeta Zingali, Carlos Correa-Netto   +7 more
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Crotoxin Conjugated to SBA-15 Nanostructured Mesoporous Silica Induces Long-Last Analgesic Effect in the Neuropathic Pain Model in Mice

Toxins, 2019
Neuropathic pain is a disease caused by structural and functional plasticity in central and peripheral sensory pathways that produce alterations in nociceptive processing.
Morena Brazil Sant’Anna, Flavia Souza Ribeiro Lopes, Louise Faggionato Kimura, Aline Carolina Giardini, Osvaldo Augusto Sant’Anna, Gisele Picolo   +5 more
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Characterization of the Venom of C. d. cumanesis of Colombia: Proteomic Analysis and Antivenomic Study

Toxins, 2018
The Colombian rattlesnake Crotalus durissus cumanensis is distributed in three geographic zones of the country: the Atlantic Coast, the upper valley of the Magdalena River, and the eastern plains of the Colombian Orinoquía. Its venom induces neurological
Juan Carlos Quintana-Castillo, Leidy Johana Vargas, Cesar Segura, Sebastián Estrada-Gómez, Julio César Bueno-Sánchez, Juan Carlos Alarcón   +5 more
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Innovative design for a phase 1 trial with intra-patient dose escalation: The Crotoxin study

Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 2017
Introduction: Crotoxin has a broad antitumor activity but has shown frequent neurotoxic toxicity. To induce tolerance and limit this toxicity, we propose a new design with intra-patient dose escalation.
Jacques Medioni, Mara Brizard, Reza Elaidi, Paul F. Reid, Khadija Benlhassan, Dorothy Bray   +5 more
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Single-step purification of crotapotin and crotactine from Crotalus durissus terrificus venom using preparative isoelectric focusing

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 1997
We describe the isolation of crotoxin, a presynaptic B-neurotoxin, as well as its subunits B (crotactine) and A (crotapotin) from lyophilized Crotalus durissus terrificus venom by a single-step preparative isoelectric focusing procedure.
A.S. Aguiar, A.R. Melgarejo, C.R. Alves, S. Giovanni-De-Simone   +3 more
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Identification, description and structural analysis of beta phospholipase A2 inhibitors (sbβPLIs) from Latin American pit vipers indicate a binding site region for basic snake venom phospholipases A2

Toxicon: X, 2019
Several snake species possess, in their circulating blood, endogenous PLA2 inhibitors (sbPLIs) with the primary function of natural protection against toxic enzymes from homologous and heterologous venoms.
Consuelo Latorre Fortes-Dias, Carlos Alexandre H. Fernandes, Paula Ladeira Ortolani, Patrícia Cota Campos, L.A. Melo, Liza Figueiredo Felicori, Marcos Roberto M. Fontes   +6 more
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Crotoxin-induced behavioral effects in rats.

Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica, 1997
Crotoxin is the major component of Crotalus durissus terrificus venom. In view of the presence of high-affinity specific binding sites for crotoxin in the brain, the objective of this work was to investigate whether crotoxin induces behavioral effects in the open-field and hole-board tests. Adult male Wistar rats (180-220 g) treated with crotoxin, 100,
Moreira, E. G., Nascimento, N., Rosa, G. J.M., Rogero, J. R., Vassilieff, V. S.   +4 more
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The molecular weight of crotoxin [PDF]

Biochemical Journal, 1938
N, Gralén, T, Svedberg
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