Differential Expression of MMP2 and TIMP2 in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) and their endogenous inhibitor, the tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMP), are expressed in many different cell types and play an important role in physiologic and pathological degradation of extracellular matrix (ECM). Starting from these observations and con...

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Main Authors: Carla Barbosa Nonino, Natália Yumi Noronha, Maysa de Araújo Ferreira-Julio, Lígia Moriguchi Watanabe, Karen Francislaine Cassia, Carolina Ferreira Nicoletti, Caroline Rossi Welendorf, Wilson Salgado Junior, Dorotéia Rossi Silva Souza, Marcela Augusta de Souza Pinhel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Nutrition
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2021.628759/full