Investigador(a)

Alexandra Rucavado Romero

  • Correo electrónico: ALEXANDRA.RUCAVADO@ucr.ac.cr
  • Categoría Regimen Académico: CATEDRATICO
  • Grado Académico: DRA.
  • Unidad Base: FACULTAD DE MICROBIOLOGÍA

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Publicaciones

Mostrando 69 publicaciones

TÍTULO TIPO FECHA PROYECTO
Unresolved issues in the understanding of the pathogenesis of local tissue damage induced by snake venoms
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2018

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Comparison of biochemical and cytotoxic activities of extracts obtained from dorsal spines and caudal fin of adult and juvenile non-native Caribbean lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles)
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2017
Muscle Tissue Damage Induced by the Venom of Bothrops asper: Identification of Early and Late Pathological Events through Proteomic Analysis
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2016

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Metaloproteinasas dependientes de Zinc: Protagonistas centrales en la Fisiopatología de Envenenamientos por Serpientes de la familia Viperidae
  • capítulo de libro
2016

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Novel catalytically-inactive PII metalloproteinases from a viperid snake venom with substitutions in the canonical zinc-binding motif
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2016
Analysis of TcdB Proteins within the Hypervirulent Clade 2 Reveals an Impact of RhoA Glucosylation on Clostridium difficile Proinflammatory Activities
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2016
Hemorrhage Caused by Snake Venom Metalloproteinases: A Journey of Discovery and Understanding
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2016

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Tissue Localization and Extracellular Matrix Degradation by PI, PII and PIII Snake Venom Metalloproteinases: Clues on the Mechanisms of Venom-Induced Hemorrhage
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2015

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Extracts of Renealmia alpinia (Rottb.) MAAS Protect against Lethality and Systemic Hemorrhage Induced by Bothrops asper Venom: Insights from a Model with Extract Administration before Venom Injection
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2015

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The lethality test used for estimating the potency of antivenoms against Bothrops asper snake venom: Pathophysiological mechanisms, prophylactic analgesia, and a surrogate in vitro assay
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2015
Understanding structural and functional aspects of PII snake venom metalloproteinases: Characterization of BlatH1, a hemorrhagic dimeric enzyme from the venom of Bothriechis lateralis
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2014

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A neutralizing recombinant single chain antibody, scFv, against BaP1, A P-I hemorrhagic metalloproteinase from Bothrops asper snake venom
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2014

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Isolation and characterization of four medium-size disintegrins from the venoms of Central American viperid snakes of the genera Atropoides, Bothrops, Cerrophidion and Crotalus
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2014

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Proteomic and functional profiling of the venom of Bothrops ayerbei from Cauca, Colombia, reveals striking interspecific variation with Bothrops asper venom
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2014
Effect of the metalloproteinase inhibitor batimastat in the systemic toxicity induced by Bothrops asper snake venom: understanding the role of metalloproteinases in envenomation
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2014
Homogenates of skeletal muscle injected with snake venom inhibit myogenic differentiation in cell culture
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2013

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Proteomic analysis of Bothrops pirajai snake venom and characterization of BpirMP, a new P-I metalloproteinase
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2013

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Systemic effects induced by the venom of the snake Bothrops caribbaeus in a murine model
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2013

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Comparison of venom composition and biological activities of the subspecies Crotalus lepidus lepidus, Crotalus lepidus klauberi and Crotalus lepidus morulus from Mexico
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2013

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Biochemical and biological characterization of two serine proteinases from Colombian Crotalus durissus cumanensis snake venom
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2013

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Identification of New Snake Venom Metalloproteinase Inhibitors Using Compound Screening and Rational Peptide Design
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2012

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Efficacy of IgG and F(ab′)2 Antivenoms to Neutralize Snake Venom-induced Local Tissue Damage as Assessed by the Proteomic Analysis of Wound Exudate
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2012
Isolation and biochemical, functional and structural characterization of a novel L-amino acid oxidase from Lachesis muta snake venom
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2012

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Role of collagens and perlecan in microvascular stability: exploring the mechanism of capillary vessel damage by snake venom metalloproteinases
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2011

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Poor regenerative outcome after skeletal muscle necrosis induced by Bothrops asper venom: alterations in microvasculature and nerves
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2011
Key events in microvascular damage induced by snake venom hemorrhagic metalloproteinases
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2011
Venenos de serpientes de la familia Viperidae en América: Bioquímica y fisiopatología.
  • capítulo de libro
2011

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Proteomics of Wound Exudate in Snake Venom-Induced Pathology: Search for Biomarkers To Assess Tissue Damage and Therapeutic Success
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2011

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Immunochemical and biological characterization of monoclonal antibodies against BaP1, a metalloproteinase from Bothrops asper snake venom
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2010

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Tissue pathology induced by snake venoms: How to understand a complex pattern of alterations from a systems biology perspective?
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2010

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Experimental pathology of local tissue damage induced by Bothrops asper snake venom
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2009

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Neutralization of Bothrops asper venom by antibodies, natural products, and synthetic drugs: contributions to understanding snakebite envenomings and their treatment
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2009

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Wound exudate as a proteomic window to reveal different mechanisms of tissue damage by snake venom toxins
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2009

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Experimental pathophysiology of systemic alterations induced by Bothrops asper snake venom
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2009

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Skin Pathology Induced by Snake Venom Metalloproteinase: Acute Damage, Revascularization, and Re-epithelization in a Mouse Ear Model
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2008

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Snake Venomics of the Lesser Antillean Pit Vipers Bothrops caribbaeus and Bothrops lanceolatus: Correlation with Toxicological Activities and Immunoreactivity of a Heterologous Antivenom
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2008

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Isolation and characterization of a serine proteinase with thrombin-like activity from the venom of the snake Bothrops asper
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2008

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Assessment of metalloproteinase inhibitors clodronate and doxycycline in the neutralization of hemorrhage and coagulopathy induced by Bothrops asper snake venom
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2008

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Anti-human erythrocyte antibodies in horse-derived antivenoms used in the treatment of snakebite envenomations
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2007

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Trends in Snakebite Envenomation Therapy: Scientific, Technological and Public Health Considerations
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2007

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Local and systemic pathophysiological alterations induced by a serine proteinase from the venom of the snake Bothrops jararacussu
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2007

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Blood flow is required for rapid endothelial cell damage induced by a snake venom hemorrhagic metalloproteinase
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2006

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Inflammatory effects of BaP1 a metalloproteinase isolated from Bothrops asper snake venom: leukocyte recruitment and release of cytokines
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2006

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Thrombocytopenia and platelet hypoaggregation induced by Bothrops asper snake venom. Toxins involved and their contribution to metalloproteinase-induced pulmonary hemorrhage.
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2005

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Hemorrhage induced by snake venom metalloproteinases: biochemical and biophysical mechanisms involved in microvessel damage
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2005

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Characterization of events associated with apoptosis/anoikis induced by snake venom metalloproteinase BaP1 on human endothelial cells
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2005
Bothrops asper metalloproteinase BaP1 is inhibited by alpha(2)-macroglobulin and mouse serum and does not induce systemic hemorrhage or coagulopathy
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2004

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Pulmonary hemorrhage induced by jararhagin, a metalloproteinase from Bothrops jararaca snake venom
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2003
Amino acid sequence and crystal structure of BaP1, a metalloproteinase from Bothrops asper snake venom that exerts multiple tissue-damaging activities
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2003

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Characterization of 'basparin A,' a prothrombin-activating metalloproteinase, from the venom of the snake Bothrops asper that inhibits platelet aggregation and induces defibrination and thrombosis
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2003
Increments in cytokines and matrix metalloproteinases in skeletal muscle after injection of tissue-damaging toxins from the venom of the snake Bothrops asper
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2002

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Modulation of the Susceptibility of Human Erythrocytes to Snake Venom Myotoxic Phospholipases A2: Role of Negatively Charged Phospholipids as Potential Membrane Binding Sites
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2001

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Pathological alterations induced by neuwiedase, a metalloproteinase isolated from Bothrops neuwiedi snake venom
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2001

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Skeletal muscle necrosis and regeneration after injection of Thalassophryne nattereri (niquim) fish venom in mice
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2001

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Characterization of aspercetin, a platelet aggregating component from the venom of the snake Bothrops asper which induces thrombocytopenia and potentiates metalloproteinase-induced hemorrhage
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2001
Effectiveness of batimastat, a synthetic inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases, in neutralizing local tissue damage induced by BaP1, a hemorrhagic metalloproteinase from the venom of the snake Bothrops asper
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2000
Inhibition of local hemorrhage and dermonecrosis induced by Bothrops asper snake venom: effectiveness of early in situ administration of the peptidomimetic metalloproteinase inhibitor batimastat and the chelating agent CaNa2EDTA
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2000
Snake venom metalloproteinases: Their role in the pathogenesis of local tissue damage
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2000
Identification of residues critical for toxicity in Clostridium perfringens phospholipase C, the key toxin in gas gangrene
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2000
Bothrops asper snake venom and its metalloproteinase BaP–1 activate the complement system. Role in leucocyte recruitment
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2000
Purification and characterization of BaH4, a hemorrhagic metalloproteinase from the venom of the snake Bothrops asper
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2000
Characterization of the local tissue damage induced by LHF-II, a metalloproteinase with weak hemorrhagic activity isolated from Lachesis muta muta snake venom
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1999
Neutralization of local tissue damage induced by Bothrops asper (terciopelo) snake venom
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1998
Blister formation and skin damage induced by BaP1, a haemorrhagic metalloproteinase from the venom of the snake Bothrops asper
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1998
Isolation and characterization of a myotoxic phospholipase A2 from the venom of the arboreal snake Bothriechis (Bothrops) schlegelii from Costa Rica
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1997

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Neutralization of myonecrosis, hemorrhage, and edema induced by Bothrops asper snake venom by homologous and heterologous pre-existing antibodies in mice
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1996

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Effect of adjuvants on the antibody response of mice to Bothrops asper (Terciopelo) snake venom
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1996

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Local tissue damage induced by BaP1, a metalloproteinase isolated from Bothrops asper (Terciopelo) snake venom
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1995

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Immunological studies on BaH1 and BaPI, two hemorrhagic metalloproteinases from the venom of the snake Bothrops asper
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1995

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