Caveolin-1, caveolin-3 and VEGF expression in the masticatory muscles of mdx mice

Caveolin-1, caveolin-3 and VEGF expression in the masticatory muscles of mdx mice

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and murine X-linked muscular dystrophy (mdx), its murine model, are characterized by muscle damage and muscle weakness associated with inflammation and new vessel formation. Caveolins, dystrophin-associated proteins, are involved in the pathogenesis of DMD, because...

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Main Authors: Alexander Spassov, Tomasz Gedrange, Katarzyna Sporniak-Tutak, Agnieszka Mielczarek, Sven Morgenstern, Silke Lucke, Tomasz Gredes, Christiane Kunert-Keil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Via Medica 2011-07-01
Series:Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica
Subjects:
mdx mice
muscular dystrophy
histopathology
masticatory muscles
Online Access:http://czasopisma.viamedica.pl/fhc/article/view/4127

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