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Lima,Priscila C.; Bordon,Karla C. F.; Pucca,Manuela B.; Cerni,Felipe A.; Zoccal,Karina F.; Faccioli,Lucia H.; Arantes,Eliane C.. |
Abstract Background The yellow scorpion Tityus serrulatus (Ts) is responsible for the highest number of accidents and the most severe scorpion envenoming in Brazil. Although its venom has been studied since the 1950s, it presents a number of orphan peptides that have not been studied so far. The objective of our research was to isolate and identify the components present in the fractions VIIIA and VIIIB of Ts venom, in order to search for a novel toxin. The major isolated toxins were further investigated for macrophage modulation. Methods The fractions VIIIA and VIIIB, obtained from Ts venom cation exchange chromatography, were rechromatographed on a C18 column (4.6 × 250 mm) followed by a reversed-phase chromatography using another C18 column (2.1 ×... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Β-KTx; Cytokine; Interleukin; Neurotoxin; Pro-inflammatory; Scorpion venom; Tityus serrulatus. |
Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992015000100353 |
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