Analysis of TIMP-1 gene polymorphisms in Italian sclerodermic patients

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 173-176

  Indelicato, Manuela ^a   Chiarenza, Valentina ^a   Libra, Massimo ^a   Malaponte, Grazia ^a   Bevelacqua, Valentina ^a   Marchini, Maurizio ^b   McCubrey, James A ^c   Stivala, Franca ^a   Scorza, Raffaella ^b   Mazzarino, Maria Clorinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical characteristics; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Systemic sclerosis; Tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCLERODERMA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN FIBROBLAST;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE-1;

EID: 33748782786     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: 10982825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcla.20128     Document Type: Article

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