Fibrogenesis and collagen resorption in the heart and skeletal muscle of Calomys callosus experimentally infected with Trypanosoma cruzi: Immunohistochemical identification of extracellular matrix components

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 703-710

  Magalhães Santos, Isis F ^a   Lima, Elianita S ^a   Andrade, Sonia G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Calomys callosus; Collagen immunotyping; Interstitial matrix; Myocardial fibrosis; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROSIS; GENETICS; HEART MUSCLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RODENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; COLLAGEN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIUM; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036635214     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762002000500021     Document Type: Article

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