Masters degree in Biotechnology from the University of São Paulo (1996), PhD in Sciences (General Physiology) from the University of São Paulo (2002) and post-doctorate from the University of Lille I (France) (2008). She is currently Research Scientist VI at Instituto Butantan. She has experience in biochemistry, with emphasis on purification of plasma proteins and proteomics, focusing on the following topics: Plasma proteins and venom from venomous snakes, poison and hemostasis.She is supervisor for masters and doctoral at the postgraduate program Interdisciplinary Biotechnology USP / IPT / BUTANTAN. She has the following grants: one international collaboration with the Institute of Biomedicine of Valencia (FAPESP-CSIC) and a regular grant (FAPESP). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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According to the World Health Organization, snake envenoming is classified as a neglected disease that mainly affects vulnerable populations in tropical and subtropical countries. Although the main functions of snake venoms are to immobilize, paralyze and kill the prey in order to be able to ingest it safely, due to the complex composition of the venoms, there are several associated patho…
There is a great diversity of venomous and non-venomous snakes in Brazil and in the world. The biological and behavioral differences of these two groups have been increasingly studied. Venomous snakes are responsible for 5 million human accidents per year, a fact that encourages knowledge about all aspects of envenomation. Nowadays, it is known that 90% of the venom of these snakes is com…
Snakes of the genus Crotalus (Viperidae family) are very important from the epidemiological point of view, once, although they account only for about 9% of ophidian accidents, they are with the highest lethality (1.1%). In Brazil, the genus Crotalus is represented by a single species, Crotalus durissus (C.d.), which has a wide geographical distribution in Brazil and has 5 subspecies, C.d.…
Snake venoms produced in the Herpetology Laboratory at Butantan Institute are, basically, freezed and dried by liophilization to retain their activities; but the eficiency of these treatments is not studied so far, as well as their longevities. The proteomic analysis of B. jararaca venoms pools collected at the Butantan Institute between 1963 and 2008 has great relevance for the developme…
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Snakebites are considered neglected tropical diseases by the World Health Organization. The study of snake venoms is an important area of biomedical research, mainly due to its neurotoxic, hemorrhagic and proteolytic actions. The genus Bothrops is the main responsible for envenoming in Brazil and the venom of species of this genus is mainly characterized by presenting the following activi…
According to Epidemiological Bulletin number 11 published in 2019, between 2007 and 2017, there was a 38.25% growth in occupational accident records involving venomous animals in Brazilian territory, most of them caused by snakes, with Brazil being one of the countries with the highest mortality in this type of accident. The genus Crotalus is one of the main responsible for snakebites in …
Snakes of the genus Crotalus have great medical importance for Brazil due to the number of snakebites caused by these animals. It is the second genus responsible for snakebites and the frequency of recorded deaths. In Latin America we can find Crotalus durissus, a species whose distribution is wide and well determined, inhabiting mainly arid, semi-arid areas and open fields. The subspecie…
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Naja kaouthia is a medically important snake from the Elapidae family, widely distributed throughout Southeast Asia in various habitats. This species has a diverse venom composition, including 16 protein families, from which 13 are toxin families, and considerable intraspecific variation. The clinical manifestations of Naja kaouthia snakebite are characterized by predominantly neurotoxic …
Snakes of Bothrops genus and Crotalus durissus terrificus subspecies are of great medical importance in Brasil due to the high rate of snakebite accidents in the country. The complex mixture of enzymes from the families of phospholipase-A2, metalloproteases and serinoproteases is responsible for the myotoxic, hemorrhagic and coagulating disorders caused by the botropic venom, while the cr…
The World Health Organization classifies snake envenoment as a neglected disease in many tropical and subtropical countries. In Brazil, two families of venomous snakes occur, the Elapidae family (represented by the genus Micrurus) and the Viperidae family (represented by the genera Bothrops, Bothrocophias, Crotalus and Lachesis). Among these groups, the genus Bothrops is the one that repr…
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Snake venoms are one of the most complex of known venoms and are one of the most studied animal toxins from the last century to the present day. The venoms represent a critical innovation in the evolution of snakes that allowed the transition of prey capture from a mechanical to chemical, and this innovation played an important role in the diversification and evolution of these animals. C…
Antithrombin is a plasma glycoprotein belonging to the serpin family that plays a key role in controlling hemostasis, acting as an important inhibitor of blood coagulation by inactivating thrombin and other serine proteases, such as factors VIIa, IXa, Xa, XIa and XIIa. In addition to participating as a major physiological inhibitor of blood coagulation, antithrombin has anti-inflammatory …
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