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  1. Morphological Insights into Echinometra lucunter Spines Reveal Cellular Sources of Bioactive Molecules

    Article • Oceans, June 2025, MDPI AG

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  2. An Evaluation of the Anti-Rabies Effect of Bufotenine in Murine Rabies Models to Determine Its Mechanism of Action

    Article • Viruses, May 2025, MDPI AG

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  3. The Role of a Glucal-Based Molecule in the Reduction of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma—An In Vitro and In Silico Approach

    Article • Drugs and Drug Candidates, May 2025, MDPI AG

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  4. Isolation of an antioxidant naphthoquinone from coelomic fluid of the Antarctic Sterechinus neumayeri sea urchin

    Article • Marine Biology, December 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  5. Tubastrine, an antioxidant molecule from Tubastraea tagusensis sun coral, in the reversion of oxidative stress and neuron's death induced by Aβ42

    Article • Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, December 2024, Wiley

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  6. Potential use of quercetin in the reduction of craving in cocaine‐dependent patients—A pilot clinical trial

    Article • Phytotherapy Research, January 2024, Wiley

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  7. Flavonoids: the use in mental health and related diseases

    Article • Natural Product Research, November 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  8. Spatial Distribution and Biochemical Characterization of Serine Peptidase Inhibitors in the Venom of the Brazilian Sea Anemone Anthopleura cascaia Using Mass Spectrometry Imaging

    Article • Marine Drugs, August 2023, MDPI AG

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  9. Design, in silico and pharmacological evaluation of a peptide inhibitor of BACE-1

    Article • Frontiers in Pharmacology, June 2023, Frontiers

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  10. Echinometra lucunter molecules reduce Aβ42-induced neurotoxicity in SH-SY5Y neuron-like cells: effects on disaggregation and oxidative stress

    Article • Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, January 2023, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  11. Synthesis, Selective Cytotoxic Activity against Human Breast Cancer MCF7 Cell Line and Molecular Docking of Some Chalcone-Dihydropyrimidone Hybrids

    Article • Drugs and Drug Candidates, December 2022, MDPI AG

    Dennis Russowsky, Juliana Mozer Sciani

  12. Effects of Myristicin in Association with Chemotherapies on the Reversal of the Multidrug Resistance (MDR) Mechanism in Cancer

    Article • Pharmaceuticals, October 2022, MDPI AG

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  13. Caspase-1 and Cathepsin B Inhibitors from Marine Invertebrates, Aiming at a Reduction in Neuroinflammation

    Article • Marine Drugs, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  14. Antiproliferative Activity of Two Unusual Dimeric Flavonoids, Brachydin E and Brachydin F, Isolated from Fridericia platyphylla (Cham.) L.G.Lohmann: In Vitro and Molecular Docking Evaluation

    Article • BioMed Research International, January 2022, Wiley

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  15. Biochemical and Toxinological Characterization of Venom from Macrorhynchia philippina (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa)

    Article • BioMed Research International, January 2022, Wiley

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  16. Neglected Venomous Animals and Toxins: Underrated Biotechnological Tools in Drug Development

    Article • Toxins, November 2021, MDPI AG

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  17. Effects of Kynurenic Acid on the Rat Aorta Ischemia—Reperfusion Model: Pharmacological Characterization and Proteomic Profiling

    Article • Molecules, May 2021, MDPI AG

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  18. Antioxidant and anti-sickling activity of glucal-based triazoles compounds – An in vitro and in silico study

    Article • Bioorganic Chemistry, April 2021, Elsevier

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  19. Proteomic characterization of Naja mandalayensis venom

    Article • Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, January 2021, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  20. Quantity - but not diversity - of secreted peptides and proteins increases with age in the tree frog Pithecopus nordestinus

    Article • Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, January 2021, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  21. Reversal of Ovarian Cancer Cell Lines Multidrug Resistance Phenotype by the Association of Apiole with Chemotherapies

    Article • Pharmaceuticals, October 2020, MDPI AG

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  22. Morphological Evidence for an Oral Venom System in Caecilian Amphibians

    Article • iScience, July 2020, Elsevier

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  23. Distribution of major toxins in Rhinella marina parotoid macroglands using Desorption-Electrospray-Ionization mass spectrometry imaging (DESI-MSI)

    Article • Toxicon X, June 2020, Elsevier

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  24. Biochemical profiling of the Anthopleura cascaia aqueous extract: A screen for serine peptidase inhibitors

    Article • Toxicon, April 2020, Elsevier

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  25. Hypanus americanus mucus: A new point of view about stingray immunity and toxins

    Article • Toxicon, April 2020, Elsevier

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  26. Proteomic analyses of the water soluble and precipitate fractions of Zoanthus sociatus crude extract

    Article • Toxicon, April 2020, Elsevier

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  27. Bufotenine, a tryptophan-derived alkaloid, suppresses the symptoms and increases the survival rate of rabies-infected mice: the development of a pharmacological approach for rabies treatment

    Article • Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, January 2020, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  28. Variations in tetrodotoxin levels in populations of Taricha granulosa are expressed in the morphology of their cutaneous glands

    Article • Scientific Reports, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  29. Proteomic analysis of soluble proteins retrieved from Duttaphrynus melanostictus skin secretion by IEx-batch sample preparation

    Article • Journal of Proteomics, October 2019, Elsevier

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  30. Biochemical and biological characterization of the Hypanus americanus mucus: A perspective on stingray immunity and toxins

    Article • Fish & Shellfish Immunology, October 2019, Elsevier

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  31. Proteomic informed by transcriptomic for salivary glands components of the camel tick Hyalomma dromedarii

    Article • BMC Genomics, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  32. Unveiling toxicological aspects of venom from the Aesculapian False Coral Snake Erythrolamprus aesculapii

    Article • Toxicon, June 2019, Elsevier

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  33. Antiproliferative and antiangiogenic effect of Amblyomma sculptum (Acari: Ixodidae) crude saliva in endothelial cells in vitro

    Article • Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, February 2019, Elsevier

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  34. Understanding toxicological implications of accidents with caterpillars Megalopyge lanata and Podalia orsilochus (Lepidoptera: Megalopygidae)

    Article • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Toxicology & Pharmacology, February 2019, Elsevier

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  35. The Amphibian Diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 2 (DGAT2): a ‘paleo-protein’ with Conserved Function but Unique Folding

    Article • The Protein Journal, January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  36. Preclinical evaluation of Amblyomin-X, a Kunitz-type protease inhibitor with antitumor activity

    Article • Toxicology Reports, January 2019, Elsevier

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  37. Morphological and biochemical characterization of the cutaneous poison glands in toads (Rhinella marina group) from different environments

    Article • Frontiers in Zoology, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  38. Synthesis of a Tyr-Tyr Dipeptide Library and Evaluation Against Tumor Cells

    Article • Medicinal Chemistry, October 2018, Bentham Science Publishers

    Helio A Stefani, Juliana Mozer Sciani

  39. Biodistribution and Pharmacokinetics of Amblyomin-X, a Novel Antitumour Protein Drug in Healthy Mice

    Article • European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  40. Biological safety studies of bufotenin

    Article • BioMed Research International, May 2018, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Daniel Pimenta, Hugo Vigerelli, Juliana Mozer Sciani

  41. Co-Localization of Crotamine with Internal Membranes and Accentuated Accumulation in Tumor Cells

    Article • Molecules, April 2018, MDPI AG

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  42. Skin gland concentrations adapted to different evolutionary pressures in the head and posterior regions of the caecilian Siphonops annulatus

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  43. Stinging caterpillars from the genera Podalia , Leucanella and Lonomia in Misiones, Argentina: A preliminary comparative approach to understand their toxicity

    Article • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Toxicology & Pharmacology, November 2017, Elsevier

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  44. The modular nature of bradykinin-potentiating peptides isolated from snake venoms

    Article • Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, October 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  45. Preliminary molecular characterization of a proinflammatory and nociceptive molecule from the Echinometra lucunter spines extracts

    Article • Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, October 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  46. Isolation and biochemical characterization of bradykinin-potentiating peptides from Bitis gabonica rhinoceros

    Article • Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, June 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  47. Venomics analyses of the skin secretion of Dermatonotus muelleri : Preliminary proteomic and metabolomic profiling

    Article • Toxicon, May 2017, Elsevier

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  48. Parotoid, radial, and tibial macroglands of the frog Odontophrynus cultripes: Differences and similarities with toads

    Article • Toxicon, April 2017, Elsevier

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  49. An unexpected cell-penetrating peptide fromBothrops jararacavenom identified through a novel size exclusion chromatography screening

    Article • Journal of Peptide Science, January 2017, Wiley

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  50. The cutaneous secretion of the casque-headed tree frog Corythomantis greeningi: Biochemical characterization and some biological effects

    Article • Toxicon, November 2016, Elsevier

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  51. Amblyomin-X having a Kunitz-type homologous domain, is a noncompetitive inhibitor of FXa and induces anticoagulation in vitro and in vivo

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics, October 2016, Elsevier

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  52. The urticating apparatus in the caterpillar of Lonomia obliqua (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)

    Article • Toxicon, September 2016, Elsevier

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  53. Initial peptidomic profiling of Brazilian sea urchins: Arbacia lixula, Lytechinus variegatus and Echinometra lucunter

    Article • Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  54. Amblyomin-X induces ER stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and caspase activation in human melanoma and pancreatic tumor cell

    Article • Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, March 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  55. Specific role of cytoplasmic dynein in the mechanism of action of an antitumor molecule, Amblyomin-X

    Article • Experimental Cell Research, January 2016, Elsevier

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  56. Proteomic analysis of the rare Uracoan rattlesnake Crotalus vegrandis venom: Evidence of a broad arsenal of toxins

    Article • Toxicon, December 2015, Elsevier

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  57. Synergic effects between ocellatin-F1 and bufotenine on the inhibition of BHK-21 cellular infection by the rabies virus

    Article • Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  58. Venomics of the Australian eastern brown snake ( Pseudonaja textilis ): Detection of new venom proteins and splicing variants

    Article • Toxicon, December 2015, Elsevier

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  59. Anuran skin and basking behavior: The case of the treefrogBokermannohyla alvarengai(Bokermann, 1956)

    Article • Journal of Morphology, June 2015, Wiley

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  60. Pipa carvalhoi skin secretion profiling: Absence of peptides and identification of kynurenic acid as the major constitutive component

    Article • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Toxicology & Pharmacology, January 2015, Elsevier

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  61. Dynein Function and Protein Clearance Changes in Tumor Cells Induced by a Kunitz-Type Molecule, Amblyomin-X

    Article • PLOS One, December 2014, PLOS

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  62. Echinometrin: A novel mast cell degranulating peptide from the coelomic liquid of Echinometra lucunter sea urchin

    Article • Peptides, March 2014, Elsevier

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  63. Bufotenine is able to block rabies virus infection in BHK-21 cells

    Article • Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  64. Passive and active defense in toads: The parotoid macroglands inRhinella marinaandRhaebo guttatus

    Article • Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological Genetics and Physiology, October 2013, Wiley

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  65. α-RgIB: A Novel Antagonist Peptide of Neuronal Acetylcholine Receptor Isolated fromConus regiusVenom

    Article • International Journal of Peptides, February 2013, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  66. Cathepsin B/X is secreted by Echinometra lucunter sea urchin spines, a structure rich in granular cells and toxins

    Article • Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  67. Differences and Similarities among Parotoid Macrogland Secretions in South American Toads: A Preliminary Biochemical Delineation

    Article • The Scientific World JOURNAL, January 2013, Wiley

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  68. Cytotoxic and antiproliferative effects of crude amphibian skin secretions on breast tumor cells

    Article • Biomedicine & Preventive Nutrition, January 2013, Elsevier

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  69. 112. Cathepsin B/X is Secreted by Echinometra lucunter Sea Urchin Spines, a Structure Rich in Granular Cells and Toxins

    Article • Toxicon, August 2012, Elsevier

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  70. Skin glands, poison and mimicry in dendrobatid and leptodactylid amphibians

    Article • Journal of Morphology, October 2011, Wiley

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  71. Pro-inflammatory effects of the aqueous extract of Echinometra lucunter sea urchin spines

    Article • Experimental Biology and Medicine, March 2011, Frontiers

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  72. Africanized honey bee (Apis mellifera) venom profiling: Seasonal variation of melittin and phospholipase A2 levels

    Article • Toxicon, September 2010, Elsevier

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  73. Identification of a novel melittin isoform from Africanized Apis mellifera venom

    Article • Peptides, August 2010, Elsevier

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  74. Bradykinin-related peptides in the venom of the solitary wasp Cyphononyx fulvognathus

    Article • Biochemical Pharmacology, February 2010, Elsevier

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  75. Identification of bradykinin: related peptides from Phyllomedusa nordestina skin secretion using electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry after a single-step liquid chromatography

    Article • Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, January 2009, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Juliana Mozer Sciani

  76. Isolation and characterization of a novel bradykinin potentiating peptide (BPP) from the skin secretion of Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis

    Article • Peptides, March 2007, Elsevier

    Juliana Mozer Sciani