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Relationship between plasmatic levels of various cytokines, tumour necrosis factor, enzymes, glucose and venom concentration following Tityus scorpion stingG D'suze
Lab de Neurofarmacología Celular, Biochemistry and Biophysics Center, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas IVIC, Apdo 21827, Caracas 1020 A, Venezuela
Toxicon 41:367-75. 2003..Interleukin 6 (IL6) increased significantly in patients with MS symptoms. IL6 values increased with hyperamylasemia, envenoming severity and time hyperamylasemia...- Effect of leukocyte inhibitors benzydamine and cyclophosphamide, on lung injury caused by Tityus discrepans scorpion venomGina D'suze
Laboratory on Cellular Neuropharmacology, IVIC CBB, Apdo 20632, Caracas 1020 A, Venezuela
Toxicon 50:1116-25. 2007..Blocking pro-inflammatory leukocyte metabolic pathways with BZ diminished FF, suggesting that neutrophil activation, inflammation and coagulation are correlated in the genesis of scorpionism acute lung injury... - Antigenic cross-reactivity between sixteen venoms from scorpions belonging to six generaG D'suze
Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas IVIC, Lab de Neurofarmacología Celular, Caracas, Venezuela
Clin Toxicol (Phila) 45:158-63. 2007..Venoms from species from other genera such as Centruroides, Broteas, Diplocentrus, Chactas, and Rhopalurus did not cross-react with Td-antibodies... - Histopathological changes and inflammatory response induced by Tityus discrepans scorpion venom in ramsG D'suze
Laboratory of Cellular Neuropharmacology, IVIC CBB, Apdo 21827, Caracas 1020A, Venezuela
Toxicon 44:851-60. 2004..Our results suggest that not all remote targets are directly affected by the venom but that, as proposed earlier, are modified by inflammation by products produced elsewhere... - Ardiscretin a novel arthropod-selective toxin from Tityus discrepans scorpion venomG D'suze
Laboratory of Cellular Neuropharmacology, Biochemistry and Biophysics Center, Inst venezolano de Inves Cient, Apartado 21827, Caracas 1020 A, Venezuela
Toxicon 43:263-72. 2004.... 
Horse IgG- and ostrich IgY-F(ab')₂ groups have different affinities for mice erythrocytes and lymphocytes. Implications for avian immunoglobulin therapeutic usefulnessCarlos Sevcik
Laboratory on Cellular Neuropharmacology, Centro de Biofisica y Bioquimica, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas IVIC, Apartado 20632, Caracas 1020A, Venezuela
Toxicon 60:1215-21. 2012..Our results suggest that IgY may be a stronger activator of adaptive immunity than horse IgG in mammals. Adaptive immunity against IgY is detrimental to its IV therapeutic use in humans and other mammals...- Initial volume of a drug before it reaches the volume of distribution: pharmacokinetics of F(ab')2 antivenoms and other drugsCarlos Sevcik
Laboratory of Cellular Neuropharmacology, Apartado 21827, Caracas 1020A, Venezuela
Toxicon 50:653-65. 2007..Data from the literature showed that the kinetic considerations for V(sl)(t) also apply to clevidipine, digoxin, digitoxin, lidocaine and thiopentone... - On the presence of antibodies against bovine, equine and poultry immunoglobulins in human IgG preparations, and its implications on antivenom productionCarlos Sevcik
Laboratory of Cellular Neuropharmacology, Centro de Biofísica y Bioquímica Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Apartado 21827, Caracas 1020A, Venezuela
Toxicon 51:10-6. 2008..This suggests that when IgY immunotherapeutics are used in populations with an important dietary component of poultry meat and eggs, there is a risk of producing untoward reactions and less efficient antivenoms... - [Effect of Tityus discrepans scorpion venom on global coagulation test. Preliminary studies]Josmary Brazón
Laboratorio de Neurofarmacología Celular, Centro de Biofisica y Bioquimica, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas IVIC, Apartado 21827, Caracas 1020 A, Venezuela
Invest Clin 49:49-58. 2008..Td venom contains procoagulant components, able to shorten PTT. In addition, the venom contains anticoagulant components which prolong PT and PTT... - Molecular cloning and nucleotide sequence analysis of genes from a cDNA library of the scorpion Tityus discrepansGina D'suze
Biophysics and Biochemistry Center, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas, Caracas, Venezuela
Biochimie 91:1010-9. 2009..The N-terminal amino acid sequence of several peptides is reported here for the first time. A phylogenetic tree analysis is also reported, as well as three three-dimensional models of representative toxins... - Scorpion toxins modify phytopathogenic fungus physiology. A possible source of new fungicidesGalax Joya
Laboratory on Cellular Neuropharmacology, Biophysics and Biochemistry Center, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas IVIC, Caracas, Venezuela
J Agric Food Chem 59:6327-37. 2011..However, the antifungal effects at short times are indicative of a direct esterase inhibition, which, with the increased membrane leakiness to Na(+), makes the fungus inviable... - High resolution fluorescence microscopy evidence on the transport of immunoglobulins. Differences between mammalian IgG, F(ab')(2) and avian IgYCarlos Sevcik
Laboratory on Cellular Neuropharmacology, Centro de Biofisica y Bioquimica, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas IVIC, Apartado 20632, Caracas 1020A, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Electronic address
Toxicon 63:7-18. 2013..No IgY was seen in bronchial and alveolar endothelium, in bile ducts or in hepatocytes... - Scorpion venom complexity fractal analysis. Its relevance for comparing venomsGina D'suze
Laboratory on Cellular Neuropharmacology, Centro de Biofisica y Bioquimica, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas, IVIC CBB, Apartado 20632, Caracas 1020A, Venezuela
J Theor Biol 267:405-16. 2010.... - Apoptogenic peptides from Tityus discrepans scorpion venom acting against the SKBR3 breast cancer cell lineGina D'suze
Laboratory on Cellular Neuropharmacology, Biophysics and Biochemistry Center, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas IVIC Caracas, Venezuela
Toxicon 56:1497-505. 2010..3 and 4.1% of SKBR3 apoptosis, respectively, in 5 h of exposure; the effect was larger with more prolonged exposures. Inmunohistochemistry showed that neopladines bind to SKBR3 cell surface inducing FasL and BcL-2 expression... - Antibacterial activity of six novel peptides from Tityus discrepans scorpion venom. A fluorescent probe study of microbial membrane Na+ permeability changesPatricia Diaz
Laboratory on Cellular Neuropharmacology, Biophysics and Biochemistry Center, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas, Caracas, Venezuela
Toxicon 54:802-17. 2009..We found no evidence of changes of K(+) or Ca(2+) concentrations neither inside nor outside the bacteria in experiments using the fluorescent dyes Fluo 4AM (10 microM) and PBFI (20 microM)... - Discreplasminin, a plasmin inhibitor isolated from Tityus discrepans scorpion venomJosmary Brazón
Laboratorio de Neurofarmacología Celular, Centro de Biofisica y Bioquimica, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas, Apartado, Caracas, Venezuela
Arch Toxicol 83:669-78. 2009..The presence of discreplasminin and other similar components in scorpion venom could partially explain the generalized fibrin deposition which was found previously in rams... - Tityus discrepans scorpion venom activates platelets through GPVI and a novel Src-dependent signaling pathwayJosmary Brazón
Laboratorio de Neurofarmacología Celular, Centro de Biofísica y Bioquímica Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas IVIC, Apartado 20632, Caracas, 1020 A, Venezuela
Platelets 22:165-72. 2011..TdV therefore activates platelets through GPVI and a second, as yet unidentified Src kinase-dependent pathway...