Serum creatine kinase isoenzymes and macroenzymes in dogs with different neurologic diseases.

Saverio PaltrinieriLaura PintoreFederica BalducciAlessia GiordanoAnnaluce CostabileMarco Bernardini

Published in: Veterinary clinical pathology (2017)

The results of this study suggest that CK-BB is released by neurons damaged by inflammatory or degenerative conditions or due to compressive effects of SOL. However, the neurologic diseases cannot be differentiated based on CK-BB or Macro-CK2 activities, unless further studies allow the definition of diagnostic thresholds.

Keyphrases

protein kinase
growth factor
spinal cord
oxidative stress
recombinant human
case control
tyrosine kinase