
Endogenous osteopontin induces myocardial CCL5 and MMP-2 activation that contributes to inflammation and cardiac remodeling in a mouse model of chronic Chagas heart disease
Keywords: MAPK; OPN; osteopontin; CCL5; chemokine C-C ligand 5; MMP-2; matrix metalloproteinase-2; WT; wild-type; Spp1 â/â; Â lacking the spp1 gene coding for osteopontin; dpi; days post infection; SD; standard deviation; ANOVA; one-way analysis of variance; MAPK; mi