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

• প্রধান লেখক: Alexandra Rucavado (লেখক), Teresa Escalante (লেখক), Catarina F. P. Teixeira (লেখক), Cristina María Fernándes (লেখক), Cecilia Díaz (লেখক), José María Gutiérrez (লেখক)
• বিন্যাস: গ্রন্থ
• প্রকাশিত: Hindawi Limited, 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• বিষয়গুলি: 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...