Effect of Loxosceles gaucho venom on cell morphology and behaviour in vitro in the presence and absence of sphingomyelin

Toxicon

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 439-445

  Domingos, M O ^a,c   Tynan, W ^b   Barbaro, K C ^c   Penny, J ^d   Lewis, D J M ^a   New, R R C ^e  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e Proxima Concepts Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brown spider; Dermonecrosis; Loxosceles; Sphingomyelin; Spider venom; TNF

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE DERIVATIVE; SPHINGOMYELIN; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE; SPIDER VENOM; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY;

ARANEAE; LOXOSCELES; LOXOSCELES GAUCHO; MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS;

EID: 0141448636     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(03)00199-5     Document Type: Article

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