Correlation of Circulating MMP-9 with White Blood Cell Count in Humans: Effect of Smoking

BACKGROUND: Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) is an emerging biomarker for several disease conditions, where white blood cell (WBC) count is also elevated. In this study, we examined the relationship between MMP-9 and WBC levels in apparently healthy smoking and non-smoking human subjects. METHODS:...

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Autores principales: Snitker, Soren, Xie, Keming, Ryan, Kathleen A., Yu, Daozhan, Shuldiner, Alan R., Mitchell, Braxton D., Gong, Da-Wei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3692499/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23825535
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0066277

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3692499/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23825535
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0066277

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