Characterization of fibrosis-promoting factors and siRNA-mediated therapies in C-protein-induced experimental autoimmune myocarditis

Cellular Immunology

Volumn 279, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 70-77

  Matsumoto, Yoh ^a   Niimi, Naoko ^a   Kohyama, Kuniko ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

C protein; Cardiac fibrosis; Experimental autoimmune myocarditis; SiRNA mediated immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; PROTEIN C; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TENASCIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; TENASCIN; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 84871669685     PISSN: 00088749     EISSN: 10902163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2012.09.011     Document Type: Article

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