Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9007882 | International Immunopharmacology | 2005 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Our results show that TsV activates the CS, leading to factor B and C3 cleavage, to reduction of serum lytic activity and generation of complement chemotactic factors. Therefore, CS may play an important role in the inflammatory response observed upon scorpion envenomation.
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Authors
Daniela Trinca Bertazzi, Ana Isabel de Assis-Pandochi, Vinicius Luis Talhaferro, Ana Elisa Caleiro Seixas Azzolini, Luciana Simon Pereira Crott, Eliane Candiani Arantes,