Leukemia inhibitory factor ameliorates muscle fiber degeneration in the mdx mouse

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1700-1705

  Austin, L ^a,b   Bower, J J ^a   Bennett, T M ^a   Lynch, G S ^b   Kapsa, R ^a   White, J D ^a   Barnard, W ^a   Gregorevic, P ^b   Byrne, E ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diaphragm; Duchenne dystrophy; Leukemia inhibitory factor; Mdx mouse; Muscle regeneration

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE MUTATION; MOUSE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; DIAPHRAGM; GROWTH INHIBITORS; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LYMPHOKINES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED MDX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, ANIMAL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0033744931     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4598(200011)23:11<1700::AID-MUS5>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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