Myositis
Myositis is a general term for inflammation or swelling of the muscles. Injury, medicines, infection, or an immune disorder can lead to myositis. It is e.g. a documented side effect of the lipid-lowering drugs statins and fibrates. Types of myositis include:myositis ossificans, dermatomyositis, juvenile dermatomyositis, polymyositis, inclusion body myositis and pyomyositis.
Researchers have developd a reproducible experimental autoimmune myositis model of polymyositis, mice were immunized once a week for 3 weeks with 1 mg of partially purified myosin emulsified in complete Freund's adjuvant. All mice injected with myosin and complete Freund's adjuvant developed myositis. The autoimmune myositis is a reproducible, transferable disease in mice, both aggravated by Treg depletion and improved by polyclonal Treg injection.
Organism species: Pan-species (General)
PRODUCT TYPE | CATALOG NO. | PRODUCT NAME | APPLICATIONS |
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Proteins | N/A | Recombinant Myositis | Antigenic Transformation Customized Service Offer |
Antibodies | N/A | Monoclonal Antibody to Myositis | Monoclonal Antibody Customized Service Offer |
N/A | Polyclonal Antibody to Myositis | Polyclonal Antibody Customized Service Offer | |
Assay Kits | N/A | CLIA Kit for Myositis | CLIA Kit Customized Service Offer |
N/A | ELISA Kit for Myositis | ELISA Kit Customized Service Offer |