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Induction and regulation of matrix metalloproteinase-12in human airway smooth muscle cells

BACKGROUND: The elastolytic enzyme matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-12 has been implicated in the development of airway inflammation and remodeling. We investigated whether human airway smooth muscle cells could express and secrete MMP-12, thereby participating in the pathogenesis of airway inflammato...

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Autores principales: Xie, Shaoping, Issa, Razao, Sukkar, Maria B, Oltmanns, Ute, Bhavsar, Pankaj K, Papi, Alberto, Caramori, Gaetano, Adcock, Ian, Fan Chung, K
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1363355/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16359550
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-6-148