Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are critical mediators of tissue remodeling. Inappropriate regulation of MMPs causes many pathological events, including microbial invasion and inflammatory tissue damage...
Keywords: bacterial proteinase, matrix metalloproteinase (MMP), nitric oxide (NO), nuclear factor ?B (NF-?B), peroxynitrite (ONOO-), reactive nitrogen species (RNS)
11/2004 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de GruyterReactive oxygen species (ROS) are widely considered to be a causal factor in aging and in a number of pathological conditions, such as atherosclerosis, carcinogenesis and infarction...
Keywords: bone metabolism, ethanol (EtOH), NADPH oxidase (Nox), nitric oxide (NO), Osteoporosis, oxidized low-density lipoprotein (OxLDL), reactive oxygen species (ROS), tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRACP)
11/2008 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de GruyterKeywords: age-dependency, asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), childhood, infancy, nitric oxide (NO), nitric oxide synthase (NOS)
11/2007 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter