Cruzipain induces autoimmune response against skeletal muscle and tissue damage in mice

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1407-1413

  Giordanengo, Laura ^a   Fretes, Ricardo ^a   Daz, Hugo ^b   Cano, Roxana ^a   Bacile, Alejandra ^b   Vottero Cima, Elsa ^a   Gea, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b Institute of Neurosciences   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Chagas' disease; Cruzipain; Skeletal muscle; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; CRUZIPAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MYOSIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPLEEN CELL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CREATINE KINASE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MONOCYTES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSINS; SPLEEN;

EID: 0033817862     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4598(200009)23:9<1407::AID-MUS12>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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