Ubiquitous elevation of matrix metalloproteinase-2 expression in the vasculature of patients with abdominal aneurysms

Circulation

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 304-309

  Goodall, Stephen ^a   Crowther, Mat ^a   Hemingway, David M ^a   Bell, Peter R ^a   Thompson, Matt M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aorta; Cells; Enzymes; Metalloproteinases

Indexed keywords

ELASTASE; GELATINASE A; METALLOPROTEINASE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ELASTOLYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ZYMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035902584     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.104.3.304     Document Type: Article

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