Asthma remodeling: The pathogenic role of matrix metalloproteinase-9

Asthma remodeling: The pathogenic role of matrix metalloproteinase-9

Background: Asthma is an airway inflammatory disease with functional and structural changes, leading to bronchial hyperresponsiveness and airflow obstruction. Pathological repair of the airways leads to these structural changes referred as airway remodeling. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are extr...

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Main Authors: Amgad A. Farhat, Ahmad S. Mohamad, Mohamad M. Shareef, Ghada Atef Attia, Manal A. Eid, Rehab W. Taha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-10-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
Subjects:
Asthma remodeling
Matrix metalloproteinase 9
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763814001678

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