Assessment of cellular activation and inflammation induced by crude venom of the scorpion Tityus serrulatus and its fractions Ts1, Ts2, and Ts5 alone.

• Grant number: 09/09829-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2010
• End date: January 31, 2011
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Immunology - Applied Immunology
• Principal Investigator: Lúcia Helena Faccioli
• Grantee: Karina Furlani Zoccal
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto (FCFRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 05/54855-0 - Animal toxins: structure, function and biotechnological applications, AP.TEM

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

ZOCCAL, KARINA FURLANI; BITENCOURT, CLAUDIA DA SILVA; SECATTO, ADRIANA; SORGI, CARLOS ARTERIO; FIGUEREDO BORDON, KARLA DE CASTRO; SAMPAIO, SUELY VILELA; ARANTES, ELIANE CANDIANI; FACCIOLI, LUCIA HELENA. Tityus serrulatus venom and toxins Ts1, Ts2 and Ts6 induce macrophage activation and production of immune mediators. Toxicon, v. 57, n. 7-8, p. 1101-1108, JUN 2011. (05/54855-0, 09/07169-5, 09/09829-2)