Circulating Tissue Inhibitor of Matrix Metalloproteinase-4 (TIMP-4) in Systemic Sclerosis Patients with Elevated Pulmonary Arterial Pressure

Decreased levels of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) or excess levels of their tissue inhibitors (TIMPs) may contribute to dysregulation of extracellular matrix turnover in systemic sclerosis (SSc). In a cross-sectional study of 106 SSc patients, we measured serum levels of TIMP-4 which is preferent...

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Autores principales: Gialafos, Elias J., Moyssakis, Ioannis, Psaltopoulou, Theodora, Papadopoulos, Dimitrios P., Perea, Despoina, Vlasis, Kostantinos, Kostopoulos, Charalampos, Votteas, Vassilios, Sfikakis, Petros P.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2008
Materias:
Clinical Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2630404/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19190762
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/164134

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2630404/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19190762
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/164134

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