Expression of matrix metalloproteinases MMP-9 within the airways in asthma

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 563-567

  Han, Zhaosheng ^a   Junxu, A ^a   Zhong, N ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asthma; Matrix metalloproteinases 9

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE; ACETONE; GELATINASE B; SALBUTAMOL; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CELL COUNT; CELL INFILTRATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EOSINOPHIL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0037407465     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rmed.2001.1162     Document Type: Article

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