… of strongly hemolytic snake venoms has led to the “lysolecithine” theory, according to which
the active principle is lysolecithine formed in the tissue by the lecithinase A in the venom (4). …

… and elimination of toxins or venoms. MCs can enhance … Uterine tissue remodeling by α-chymase
(mast cell protease [… detoxify an increasing number of venoms and endogenous toxins. …

… found that mast cells can be activated by snake venom and … that snake venom PLA 2 could
induce mast cell accumulation … a mast cell-specific effect since the relative number of mast …

… Bothropstoxin-I and bothropstoxin-II are phospholipase A 2 homologues isolated from
Bothrops jararacussu snake venom. The former is devoid of phospholipase A 2 activity whereas …

… Mast cells (MCs) are traditionally thought of as a nuisance for its host, for example, by …
insults such as bacteria, parasites, and snake venom toxins. When the MC is challenged by an …

… that mast cells can enhance innate host resistance to reptile or arthropod venoms during …
to a first exposure to the venoms of three species of poisonous snakes, the Gila monster, the …

… 1 depicts the effect of snake venom PLA 2 s in mast cell activation and the consequent
release of histamine and other mediators of inflammation, such as platelet-activating factor (PAF), …

… mast cell-specific proteases of chymase, tryptase and carboxypeptidase A (MC-CPA) type.
MC-CPA is a dominant protein component of the mast cell … 1 and snake venom toxins. Here, …

… For many years MCs were believed to contribute to the complications caused by snake bites
… against honeybee venom, although it is still unclear if CPA is the major anti-venom agent in …

… and snake venoms containing phosphatidase A are known to cause degranulation of mast
cells … Recent studies have shown that a factor in bee venom, not related to phosphatidase A, …