Delay of muscle degeneration and necrosis in mdx mice by calpain inhibition

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 106-111

  Badalamente, Marie A ^a   Stracher, Alfred ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calpain; Duchenne dystrophy; Leupeptin; mdx mice; Muscle degeneration

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN; CALPASTATIN; DYSTROPHIN; LEUPEPTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOLEMMA;

ANIMALS; CALPAIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEUPEPTINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED MDX; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; NECROSIS;

EID: 0033982278     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(200001)23:1<106::AID-MUS14>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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