Syrian hamster infected with Leishmania infantum: A new experimental model for inflammatory myopathies

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 355-361

  Paciello, Orlando ^a   Wojcik, Slawomir ^b   Gradoni, Luigi ^c   Oliva, Gaetano ^a   Trapani, Francesca ^a   Iovane, Valentina ^a   Politano, Luisa ^d   Papparella, Serenella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Animal model; Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies; Leishmania infantum; Leishmaniasis; Syrian hamster

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOMYSIUM; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MACROPHAGE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE NECROSIS; MYOSITIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SARCOLEMMA; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYRIAN HAMSTER; T LYMPHOCYTE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; CRICETINAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; INFLAMMATION; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MESOCRICETUS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSITIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 77649165389     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21502     Document Type: Article

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