Association of increased expression of m
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Mozhen Liu; Huijun Sun; Xiaofei Wang; Tomonari Koike; Hajime Mishima; Kotaro Ike
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Article
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2004
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## Objective Increased enzymatic activity of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) may promote the progression of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We undertook this study to investigate the expression and localization of human macrophage elastase (MMPโ12) in synovial tissue from RA patients and t