## 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 (MMPβ12) in synovial tissue from RA patients and t
Differential expression pattern of membrane-type matrix metalloproteinases in rheumatoid arthritis
β Scribed by Thomas Pap; Yukio Shigeyama; Stefan Kuchen; Janet K. Fernihough; Beat Simmen; Renate E. Gay; Michael Billingham; Steffen Gay
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 887 KB
- Volume
- 43
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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