Expression patterns of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) and its specific inhibitor, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1 (TIMP-1), are closely correlated with physiological and pathological processes characterized by the degradation and accumulation of the extracellular matrix (ECM)...
Keywords: confocal laser scanning microscopy, fluorescence resonance energy transfer, Matrix metalloproteinase, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases
11/2007 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de GruyterThe aim of the study was to determine serum levels of selected matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their natural inhibitors (TIMPs) in the acute phase of different stroke types subdivided according to the Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project (OCSP) classification and the possibility of discriminating stroke types according to their levels...
Keywords: matrix metalloproteinases, Stroke, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases
04/2006 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter