Role of Collagens and Perlecan in Microvascular Stability: Exploring the Mechanism of Capillary Vessel Damage by Snake Venom Metalloproteinases

• Teresa Escalante,

  Affiliation Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

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• Natalia Ortiz,

  Affiliations Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica, Departamento de Bioquímica, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

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• Alexandra Rucavado,

  Affiliation Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

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• Eladio F. Sanchez,

  Affiliation Centro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento, Fundaçao Ezequiel Dias (FUNED), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Michael Richardson,

  Affiliation Centro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento, Fundaçao Ezequiel Dias (FUNED), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Jay W. Fox,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

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• José María Gutiérrez

  * E-mail: jose.gutierrez@ucr.ac.cr

  Affiliation Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

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