Arginine Metabolism by Macrophages Promotes Cardiac and Muscle Fibrosis in mdx Muscular Dystrophy

BACKGROUND: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common, lethal disease of childhood. One of 3500 new-born males suffers from this universally-lethal disease. Other than the use of corticosteroids, little is available to affect the relentless progress of the disease, leading many families t...

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Autores principales: Wehling-Henricks, Michelle, Jordan, Maria C., Gotoh, Tomomi, Grody, Wayne W., Roos, Kenneth P., Tidball, James G.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2874011/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20505827
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010763

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