Metalloproteinases are abundant in viperid venoms and are implicated in several envenomation effects. Bothrops jararaca venom is reported to induce kidney injury and coagulopathy. HF3 is an extremely hemorrhagic metalloproteinase from B. jararaca venom and participates in the local pathogenesis of e...
In this study we investigated the proteolysis of human plasma proteins by HF3, an hemorrhagic metalloproteinase from B. jararaca venom. For this purpose, approaches for the depletion of the most abundant proteins and for the enrichment of low abundant proteins of human plasma were used to minimize t...
Snake venom inhibitors have been studied for over a century. Among them are the plasma proteins of some mammals and of non-venomous and venomous snakes, which have the ability to promote resistance to the venom. These proteins have aroused biotechnological interest, as they are an excellent alternat...
Snake venom metalloproteinases play important roles in the pathological effects of Viperidae venoms including severe local tissue damage, hemorrhage and coagulopathy. Hemorrhagic Factor 3 (HF3), a metalloproteinase isolated from Bothrops jararaca venom, induces severe local hemorrhage. Previous prot...
Background: Exceptional and extreme feeding behaviour makes the Burmese python (Python bivittatus) an interesting model to study physiological remodelling and metabolic adaptation in response to refeeding after prolonged starvation. In this study, we used transcriptome sequencing of five visceral o...
