Enzymatic characterization, antigenic cross-reactivity and neutralization of dermonecrotic activity of five Loxosceles spider venoms of medical importance in the Americas

Toxicon

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 489-499

  Barbaro, Katia Cristina ^a,d   Knysak, Irene ^a   Martins, Rosana ^a   Hogan, Christopher ^b,c,d   Winkel, Ken ^d  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Dermonecrosis; Loxosceles; Loxoscelism; Necrotizing arachnidism; Sphingomyelinase; Spider venom

Indexed keywords

1,10 PHENANTHROLINE; ACRYLAMIDE; HYALURONIDASE; METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEINASE; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE; SPIDER VENOM; SPIDER VENOM ANTISERUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; EDEMA; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA; FIBRINOGENOLYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NECROSIS; SPIDER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TOXICITY; VASOCONSTRICTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ARANEAE; EQUIDAE; LOXOSCELES; LOXOSCELES GAUCHO; LOXOSCELES INTERMEDIA; LOXOSCELES LAETA; LOXOSCELES RECLUSA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 13944265640     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.12.009     Document Type: Article

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