BOTHROPS JARARACA VENOM METALLOPROTEINASES ARE ESSENTIAL FOR COAGULOPATHY AND INCREASE PLASMA TISSUE FACTOR LEVELS DURING ENVENOMATION.

Bothrops jararaca venom metalloproteinases are essential for coagulopathy and increase plasma tissue factor levels during envenomation.

BACKGROUND/AIMS:Bleeding tendency, coagulopathy and platelet disorders are recurrent manifestations in snakebites occurring worldwide.We reasoned that by damaging tissues and/or activating cells at the site of the bite and systemically, snake venom toxins might release or decrypt tissue factor (TF), resulting in activation of blood coagulation and

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The rhizome of Reclinomonas americana, Homo sapiens, Pediculus humanus and Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitochondria

Abstract Background Mitochondria are thought to have evolved from eubacteria-like endosymbionts; however, the origin of the mitochondrion remains a subject of debate.In this study, we investigated the phenomenon of chimerism in mitochondria to shed light on the origin of these organelles by determining which species played a role in their formation

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Performance Analysis of a Retrial Queueing System with Optional Service, Unreliable Server, Balking and Feedback

This paper considers a Markovian retrial queueing system with an optional service, unreliable server, balking and feedback.An arriving customer can avail of immediate service if the server is free.If the potential customer encounters a busy server, it may either join the orbit or balk the system.The customers may retry their request for service fro

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