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 Gruyter