Immunohistochemical changes in kidney glomerular and tubular proteins caused by rattlesnake (Crotalus vegrandis) venom

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 239-244

  Girón, María E ^a   Aguilar, Irma ^a   Rodríguez Acosta, Alexis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b NONE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Collagen; Crotalus vegrandis; Extracellular matrix; Kidney; Laminin; Venom; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BIOTIN; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DESMIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PEROXIDASE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN; SNAKE VENOM; STREPTAVIDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URACOINA 1; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROTALUS VEGRANDIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENVENOMATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GLOMERULAR STRUCTURE; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; INOCULATION; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; KIDNEY HEMORRHAGE; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY TUBULE; MALE; MESANGIUM CELL; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SNAKE; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

EID: 0242390210     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652003000500001     Document Type: Article

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