Increments in cytokines and matrix metalloproteinases in skeletal muscle after injection of tissue-damaging toxins from the venom of the snake Bothrops asper

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Alexandra Rucavado (مؤلف), Teresa Escalante (مؤلف), Catarina F. P. Teixeira (مؤلف), Cristina María Fernándes (مؤلف), Cecilia Díaz (مؤلف), José María Gutiérrez (مؤلف)
• التنسيق: كتاب
• منشور في: Hindawi Limited, 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• الموضوعات: article
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Envenomations by the snake Bothrops asper are characterized by prominent local tissue damage (i.e. myonecrosis), blistering, hemorrhage and edema. Various phospholipases A2 and metalloproteinases that induce local pathological alterations have been purified from this venom. Since these toxins induce...