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Joaquim Procopio

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Bozelli Jr J, Salay L, Arcisio-Miranda M, Procopio J, Riciluca K, Silva Junior P, et al.
Biochim Biophys Acta Biomembr . 2019 Nov; 1862(2):183110. PMID: 31672543
A strategy that has been gaining increased application for the study of the conformation, dynamics, orientation, and physicochemical properties of peptides is labeling with the paramagnetic amino acid TOAC. This...
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Cabrera M, Arcisio-Miranda M, Gorjao R, Leite N, de Souza B, Curi R, et al.
Biochemistry . 2012 May; 51(24):4898-908. PMID: 22630563
This study shows that MP-1, a peptide from the venom of the Polybia paulista wasp, is more toxic to human leukemic T-lymphocytes than to human primary lymphocytes. By using model...
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Newsholme P, Abdulkader F, Rebelato E, Romanatto T, Pinheiro C, Vitzel K, et al.
Front Biosci (Landmark Ed) . 2011 Jan; 16(1):315-39. PMID: 21196173
Aberrant alterations in glucose and lipid concentrations and their pathways of metabolism are a hallmark of diabetes. However, much less is known about alterations in concentrations of amino acids and...
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Arcisio-Miranda M, Abdulkader F, Brunaldi K, Curi R, Procopio J
Arch Biochem Biophys . 2009 May; 484(1):63-9. PMID: 19423422
Free fatty acids (FFA) are important mediators of proton transport across membranes. However, information concerning the influence of the structural features of both FFA and the membrane environment on the...
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Cabrera M, Arcisio-Miranda M, da Costa L, de Souza B, Broggio Costa S, Palma M, et al.
Arch Biochem Biophys . 2009 Mar; 486(1):1-11. PMID: 19328184
In the last decade, there has been renewed interest in biologically active peptides in fields like allergy, autoimmune diseases and antibiotic therapy. Mast cell degranulating peptides mimic G-protein receptors, showing...
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Gorjao R, Azevedo-Martins A, Rodrigues H, Abdulkader F, Arcisio-Miranda M, Procopio J, et al.
Pharmacol Ther . 2009 Mar; 122(1):56-64. PMID: 19318040
Fish oil supplementation has been reported to be generally beneficial in autoimmune, inflammatory and cardiovascular disorders. Most researchers have attributed these beneficial effects to the high content of omega-3 fatty...
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Silveira L, Fiamoncini J, Hirabara S, Procopio J, Cambiaghi T, Pinheiro C, et al.
J Cell Physiol . 2008 Jun; 217(1):1-12. PMID: 18543263
In this review we updated the fatty acid (FA) effects on skeletal muscle metabolism. Abnormal FA availability induces insulin resistance and accounts for several of its symptoms and complications. Efforts...
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Arcisio-Miranda M, Cabrera M, Konno K, Rangel M, Procopio J
Toxicon . 2008 Jan; 51(5):736-45. PMID: 18206199
Eumenitin, a novel cationic antimicrobial peptide from the venom of solitary wasp Eumenes rubronotatus, was characterized by its effects on black lipid membranes of negatively charged (azolectin) and zwitterionic (1,2-diphytanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine...
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Cabrera M, Arcisio-Miranda M, Broggio Costa S, Konno K, Ruggiero J, Procopio J, et al.
J Pept Sci . 2007 Nov; 14(6):661-9. PMID: 17994639
Anoplin, an antimicrobial, helical decapeptide from wasp venom, looses its biological activities by mere deamidation of its C-terminus. Secondary structure determination, by circular dichroism spectroscopy in amphipathic environments, and lytic...
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de Lima T, Gorjao R, Hatanaka E, Cury-Boaventura M, Portioli Silva E, Procopio J, et al.
Clin Sci (Lond) . 2007 Jun; 113(2):65-77. PMID: 17555405
Fatty acids (FAs) have been shown to alter leucocyte function and thus to modulate inflammatory and immune responses. In this review, the effects of FAs on several aspects of lymphocyte,...