The plasminogen activation system enhances brain and heart invasion in murine relapsing fever borreliosis

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-87

  Gebbia, Joseph A ^a   Garcia Monco, Juan Carlos ^b   Degen, Jay L ^c   Bugge, Thomas H ^c   Benach, Jorge L ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL DE GALDAKAO   (Spain)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FIBRIN; FLAGELLIN; PLASMINOGEN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA INFECTION; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; GENE; HEART; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032920997     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI5171     Document Type: Article

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