| Literature DB >> 25448393 |
C G Duarte1, C Bonilla2, G Guimarães1, R A Machado de Avila3, T M Mendes1, W Silva2, B Tintaya2, A Yarleque4, C Chávez-Olórtegui5.
Abstract
In this work, an anti-loxoscelic serum was produced by immunizing horses with a recombinant dermonecrotic protein from Loxosceles intermedia (rLiD1). Anti-rLiD1 antibodies were able to recognize different species of Loxosceles venoms by Western Blot and ELISA. The efficacy of anti-rLiD1 serum against the toxic effects of Loxosceles laeta (Peru) venom was tested, showing that anti-rLiD1 serum can neutralize those effects. This study confirms that recombinant proteins can be good candidates to replace crude venoms for antivenom production.Entities:
Keywords: Antivenom; Immunization; Loxosceles; Neutralization; Recombinant protein
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25448393 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2014.10.023
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Toxicon ISSN: 0041-0101 Impact factor: 3.033