CV Lattes
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Secretaria da Saúde (São Paulo - Estado). Instituto Butantan (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
graduation at Farmácia e Bioquímica from Universidade de São Paulo (1980), master's at Pós Graduação Em Farmacologia from Escola Paulista de Medicina (1992) and doctorate at Pharmacology from Universidade de São Paulo (1997). Has experience in Pharmacology, acting on the following subjects: bothrops jararaca, glândula de veneno, serpente, snake and produção e secreção de veneno. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The venom apparatus is constituted by main venom gland, primary duct , accessory glands and secondary duct. The main venom gland has been described as a responsible for venom production. However, recent data from our laboratory showed that the primary duct and accessory gland also produce toxins. Immunohistochemical assays detected venom in the primary duct and proteomic analysis of the a…
Numerous electron-dense microvesicles with bilayer membrane varying in size from 40 a 80 nm are consistently observed on the luminal face of secretory cells of the venom glands of Viperidae snakes. The microvesicles were found mainly in regions of exocytosis and also in the venom. Recently, it has been shown that the release of microvesicles into the venom occurs by fragmentation or membr…
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