Balance between matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMP) in the cervical mucus plug estimated by determination of free non-complexed TIMP

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Becher, Naja ^a   Hein, Merete ^a   Uldbjerg, Niels ^a   Danielsen, Carl ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; GELATINASE B; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; NEUTROPHIL COLLAGENASE; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MUCUS PLUG; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZYMOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; OSMOLARITY; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN BINDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVIX MUCUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN BINDING; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54349116550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-6-45     Document Type: Article

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