Study of the effect of anti-IgE (omalizumab) on serum level of matrix metalloproteinase-9 as a marker of remodeling in severe asthmatic patients

Background: Asthma is an airway disorder associated with chronic inflammation that may result in airway remodeling. Matrix metalloproteinases-9 MMP-9 recently exhibited an important role in airway remodeling process in patients with severe asthma. The aim of the present study was to study the effect...

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Main Authors: Nasr Affara, Alaa Refaat, Mohamed Fathi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-10-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763815300315