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The correlation of age and body mass index with the level of both protease MMP3 and anti-protease TIMP-1 among Indonesian patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a preliminary findings

OBJECTIVES: Individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are usually > 50 years of age and have a low body mass index (BMI). An imbalance between matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), including MMP-3, and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1 (TIMP-1), play a role in tissue degrada...

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Autores principales: Mulyadi, Sunnati, Azhary, Mulkan, Yunus, Faisal, Nurwidya, Fariz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6071396/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30071888
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-3669-y