Lack of plasminogen does not alter the early inflammatory response following a tympanic membrane perforation: A study in plasminogen-deficient mice

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 128, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1294-1302

  Prestwich, Annika ^a,c   Li, Jinan ^a   Eriksson, P O ^a   Ny, Tor ^a   Berggren, Diana ^a   Hellström, Sten ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Mice; Plasminogen; Tympanic membrane

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; FIBRINOGEN; PLASMINOGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARDRUM PERFORATION; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; GENOTYPE; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICROSCOPY; NEUTROPHIL INFILTRATION; NEUTROPHILS; PLASMINOGEN; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION;

EID: 57349133779     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480701361996     Document Type: Article

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