CV Lattes
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Nigéria
BSc in Biochemistry and Zoology from Leeds Metropolitan University (1985) and PhD in Physiology from the University of London (1988). Fields of interest: Biochemical Pharmacology and Toxinology (study of animal venoms and toxins). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Endo-oligopeptidases is a denomination coined by Camargo and cols. (OLIVEIRA, et al., 1976) to describe the substrate specificity of two enzymes named endo-oligopeptidases A and B, which only cleaves short peptides (from 5-17 amino acids). At this time we intend to keep on investigating the cell biology and function of endo-oligopeptidases EP24.15 (EC 3.4.24.15) and EP24.16 (EC 3.4.24.16)…
In this study, we propose to investigate the importance of intracellular superoxide dismutase (SOD) in regulating the concentrations of NO (Nitric Oxide) by comparing the amounts of Guanosine Cyclic 3':5'-Monophosphate (cGMP) formed by the enzyme soluble Guanylate Cyclase in normal V79 Chinese Hamster lung fibroblasts with those of transfected V79 cells which over express the inserted hum…
Coral snake (Micrurus spp.) venoms are well-known for their neurotoxicity mediated primarily by a-neurotoxins that act postsynaptically and b-neurotoxins (neurotoxic phospholipases - PLA2) that act presynaptically. Among the Micrurus spp. that have been screened for neurotoxicity, the venom of M. lemniscatus lemniscatus is of particular interest because of its strong presynaptic activity…
L-Amino acid oxidases (LAAO) are enzymes with a wide distribution among animal venoms, particularly in snakes. Various studies have shown that LAAOs exert a variety of biological activities such as the inhibition or stimulation of platelet aggregation and the induction of apoptosis and edema, in addition to antimicrobial, antiviral, antiparasite and antitumor activities. Macrophages play …
Coral snake (Micrurus spp.) venoms are known primarily for their neurotoxicity, which is mediated primarily by alpha-neurotoxins with postsynaptic activity and beta-neurotoxins (neurotoxic phospholipases - PLA2) with presynaptic activity. Preliminary studies have shown that venom of the coral snake Micrurus lemniscatus lemniscatus exerts presynaptic activity involving at least two PLA2 ne…
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