Editorial: Immune responses and immune mechanisms triggered by snake and scorpion venoms

Front Immunol. 2022 Sep 13:13:988924. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.988924. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Manuela B Pucca¹, Denise V Tambourgi², Wuelton M Monteiro^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Medical School, Federal University of Roraima, Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil.
² Laboratory of Immunochemistry, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil.
³ Department of Research, Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado Tropical Medicine Foundation, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
⁴ School of Health Sciences, Amazonas State University, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.

No abstract available

Keywords: envenomation; immune system; immunomodulators; scorpion sting; scorpion-derived toxins; snake-derived toxins; snakebite.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Animals
Antivenins
Immunity
Scorpion Stings*
Scorpion Venoms*
Snakes

Substances

Antivenins
Scorpion Venoms