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

• 主要な著者: Alexandra Rucavado (著者), Teresa Escalante (著者), Catarina F. P. Teixeira (著者), Cristina María Fernándes (著者), Cecilia Díaz (著者), José María Gutiérrez (著者)
• フォーマット: 図書
• 出版事項: Hindawi Limited, 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• 主題: 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...