Matrix metalloproteinase-2: The forgotten enzyme in aneurysm pathogenesis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1085, Issue , 2006, Pages 170-174

  Thompson, Matt M ^a,b   Cockerill, Gillian ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elastolysis; Metalloproteinase; MMP 2

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; STROMELYSIN; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 2;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; CATALYSIS; CELL CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELASTOLYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2 GENE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; ZYMOGRAPHY; ANEURYSM; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

ANEURYSM; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR;

EID: 33847252513     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1383.034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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