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Maria do Socorro de Mendonça Cavalcanti
Researcher at Universidade de Pernambuco
Publications - 44
Citations - 584
Maria do Socorro de Mendonça Cavalcanti is an academic researcher from Universidade de Pernambuco. The author has contributed to research in topics: Hepatitis C virus & Mannan-binding lectin. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 44 publications receiving 504 citations. Previous affiliations of Maria do Socorro de Mendonça Cavalcanti include Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco.
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Characterization of a Kunitz trypsin inhibitor with one disulfide bridge purified from Swartzia pickellii.
Maria do Socorro de Mendonça Cavalcanti,Maria Luiza Vilela Oliva,Hans Fritz,Marianne Jochum,Reinhardt Mentele,Misako U. Sampaio,Luana Cassandra Breitenbach Barroso Coelho,Isabel de Fátima Correia Batista,Claudio A. M. Sampaio +8 more
TL;DR: The primary structure micro heterogeneity was found combining the sequence determination and mass spectrometry, and the SWTI reactive site does not contain the usual Arg or Lys residues at the putative reactive site (position 65).
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High tumor necrosis factor-α/interleukin-10 ratio is associated with hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic hepatitis C
D.C.B.L. Aroucha,R.F. do Carmo,Patrícia Moura,Jéfferson Luis de Almeida Silva,Luydson Richardson Silva Vasconcelos,Maria do Socorro de Mendonça Cavalcanti,Maria Tereza Cartaxo Muniz,M.L. Aroucha,Erika Rabelo Forte de Siqueira,Georgea Gertrudes de Oliveira Mendes Cahú,Leila Maria Moreira Beltrão Pereira,Maria Rosangela Cunha Duarte Coêlho +11 more
TL;DR: Patients with HCC were associated to higher index TNF-α/IL-10 ratio, suggesting that the unbalanced production of these cytokines may represent progression to the liver disease severity in HCV infected patients.
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Genetic variation in PTX3 and plasma levels associated with hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with HCV.
Rodrigo Feliciano do Carmo,Dayse Celia Barbosa Lins Aroucha,Luydson Richardson Silva Vasconcelos,Leila Maria Moreira Beltrão Pereira,Patrícia Muniz Mendes Freire de Moura,Maria do Socorro de Mendonça Cavalcanti +5 more
TL;DR: PTX3 seems to be a risk factor for HCC occurrence in chronic hepatitis C, and its plasma levels were correlated with Child‐Pugh scores B and C in HCC individuals.
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Isolation of a trypsin inhibitor from Echinodorus paniculatus seeds by affinity chromatography on immobilized Cratylia mollis isolectins.
Patrícia Maria Guedes Paiva,A. F. Souza,Maria Luiza Vilela Oliva,John F. Kennedy,Maria do Socorro de Mendonça Cavalcanti,Luana Cassandra Breitenbach Barroso Coelho,Claudio A. M. Sampaio +6 more
TL;DR: A highly purified trypsin inhibitor was obtained from Echinodorus paniculatus when an extract prepared from E. paniculus seed flour (25 g l −1, with 0.1 M ammonium acetate buffer, pH 8.3, under agitation for 6 min at 28 °C) was chromatographed on Sephadex G-25 (12 mlh −1 ), followed by affinity chromatography on immobilized Cratylia mollis isolectins (Cra Iso 1,2,3-Sepharose).
Short Communication Isolation of a trypsin inhibitor from Echinodorus paniculatus seeds by affinity chromatography on immobilized Cratylia mollis isolectins
P. M. G. Paiva,A. F. Souza,M. L. V. Oliva,J. F. Kennedy,Maria do Socorro de Mendonça Cavalcanti,L. C. B. B. Coelho,C. A. M. Sampaio +6 more
TL;DR: Binding of inhibitor was evaluated on immobilized concanavalin A (Con A-Sepharose) using previously described chromatographic conditions with results similar to Cra Iso 1,2,3- Sepharose chromatography.