@article{1827,
  keywords = {Cytoskeletal Proteins, Dystroglycans, Humans, Laminin, leprosy, Membrane Glycoproteins, Mycobacterium leprae, Myelin Sheath, Peripheral nerves, Peripheral Nervous System Diseases, Protein Isoforms, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Schwann Cells},
  author = {Rambukkana A},
  title = {How does Mycobacterium leprae target the peripheral nervous system?},
  abstract = {<p>Mycobacterium leprae has the capacity to invade the peripheral nervous system and cause neuropathy. The molecular mechanisms responsible have remained unknown until recently. Identification of the endoneurial laminin-2 isoform and its receptor alpha-dystroglycan as neural targets of M. leprae has not only opened up a new area of scientific inquiry into the pathogenesis of neurological damage in leprosy, but has also revealed unexpected biological properties of these important host molecules.</p>},
  year = {2000},
  journal = {Trends in microbiology},
  volume = {8},
  pages = {23-8},
  month = {2000 Jan},
  issn = {0966-842X},
  doi = {10.1016/s0966-842x(99)01647-9},
  language = {eng},
}