Varicose veins possess greater quantities of MMP-1 than normal veins and demonstrate regional variation in MMP-1 and MMP-13

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 233-238

  Gillespie, D L ^a,b   Patel, A ^a,b   Fileta, B ^a,b   Chang, A ^a,b   Barnes, S ^a,b   Flagg, A ^a,b   Kidwell, M ^a,b   Villavicencio, J L ^a,b   Rich, N M ^a,b  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE 3; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; STROMELYSIN; TRYPTASE;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DENSITOMETRY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANK SUM TEST; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VARICOSIS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN STRIPPING; VEIN WALL; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

EID: 0036389631     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsre.2002.6455     Document Type: Conference Paper

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