Rute Maria Gonçalves de Andrade

Loxosceles intermedia spider envenomation induces activation of an endogenous metalloproteinase, resulting in cleavage of glycophorins from the erythrocyte surface and facilitating complement-mediated lysis

Denise V. Tambourgi, B. Paul Morgan, Rute Maria Gonçalves de Andrade et al. · Blood · 2000 · 109 citations

Mechanism of induction of complement susceptibility of erythrocytes by spider and bacterial sphingomyelinases

Denise V. Tambourgi, Marcelo Sousa Silva, Stephen J. Billington et al. · Immunology · 2002 · 87 citations · Full text

Loxosceles Sphingomyelinase Induces Complement-Dependent Dermonecrosis, Neutrophil Infiltration, and Endogenous Gelatinase Expression

Denise V. Tambourgi, Danielle Paixão-Cavalcante, Rute Maria Gonçalves de Andrade et al. · Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 2005 · 86 citations · Full text

Inflammation, Complement System, Autoimmune Disease +12

Variations in Loxosceles spider venom composition and toxicity contribute to the severity of envenomation

Kátia Cristina de Oliveira, Rute Maria Gonçalves de Andrade, Roxane Maria Fontes Piazza et al. · Toxicon · 2005 · 85 citations

Toxinology, Allergy, Venomics +4

Sex-linked variation of Loxosceles intermedia spider venoms

Kátia Cristina de Oliveira, Rute Maria Gonçalves de Andrade, Adriana L. Giusti et al. · Toxicon · 1999 · 73 citations

Biology, Venomics, Insect Sting Allergy +1