Increased plasma levels of matrix metalloproteinase-9 are associated with the severity of chronic urticaria

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 221-225

  Kessel, Aharon ^a   Bishara, R ^a   Amital, A ^a   Bamberger, E ^a   Sabo, E ^a   Grushko, G ^a   Toubi, E ^a  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cd4+ T cell; Chronic urticaria; Lymphocyte activation; MMP 9

Indexed keywords

DNA; GELATINASE B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV TEST; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MIDDLE AGED; NF-KAPPA B; URTICARIA;

EID: 14844358553     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2005.02168.x     Document Type: Article

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