The hemoglobin posses a great potential as an antimicrobial, being denominated hemocidins the antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) derived from heme containing proteins. The cattle tick R...
Objetivos: Analisar os níveis de degradação da matriz extracelular (MEC) na urina de pacientes com DPOC e suas correlações com a prova de função pulmonar. Métodos: pacientes com DP...
The Brazilian Atlantic Forest is considered as one of the most important reservoir of biodiversity in the planet. This biome is extremely important for its richness of plant and an...
INTRODUCTION: The Phoneutria nigriventer arachnid, also known as armed-spider, has a complex venom, composed by several peptides that affect cellular ionic channels. Among these, o...
The Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) may undergo oxidative or enzymatic modifications, producing lipid or proteic compounds that interact with macrophages, contributing to inflammator...
Os inibidores do tipo Bowman-Birk (BBI) são moléculas protéicas contendo dois domínios inibitórios distintos para enzimas semelhantes à tripsina e quimotripsina. O interesse por es...
The induction of tolerance to allotransplant without the help of immunosupressive drugs is one of the major challenges in immunology. Considering the tolerogenic potential of dendr...