Aneurysmal smooth muscle cells exhibit increased matrix metalloproteinase-2 production in Vitro

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 800, Issue , 1996, Pages 283-285

  Crowther, M ^a   Brindle, N P J ^a   Sayers, R ^a   Bell, P R F ^a   Thompson, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN; GELATINASE A;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0030464108     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb33333.x     Document Type: Article

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