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Human MMP28 expression is unresponsive to inflammatory stimuli and does not correlate to the grade of intervertebral disc degeneration

BACKGROUND: MMP28 (epilysin) is a recently discovered member of the MMP (matrix metalloproteinase) family that is, amongst others, expressed in osteoarthritic cartilage and intervertebral disc (IVD) tissue. In this study the hypothesis that increased expression of MMP28 correlates with higher grades...

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Autores principales: Klawitter, Marina, Quero, Lilian, Bertolo, Alessando, Mehr, Marco, Stoyanov, Jivko, Nerlich, Andreas G, Klasen, Juergen, Aebli, Nikolaus, Boos, Norbert, Wuertz, Karin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3169505/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21801383
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-5751-10-9