Increased gelatinase activity in systemic sclerosis dermal fibroblast cultures with unaltered gelatinase A mRNA expression

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 62-69

  Fakhoury, H ^a   Hillarby, M C ^a   Weiss, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dermal fibroblast; Gelatinase; Quantitative RT PCR; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

GELATIN; GELATINASE; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; MESSENGER RNA; TRITIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SKIN FIBROBLAST; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; CELLS, CULTURED; DERMIS; FIBROBLASTS; GELATINASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 0036236593     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-1811(02)00017-8     Document Type: Article

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