Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: BBB: Blood-Brain Barrier; CCA: Common Carotid Artery; CIMT: Carotid Intima-Media Thickness; COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; FEV1: Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 Second; LDL: Low Density Lipoprotein; MMPS: Matrix Metalloproteinases; SCORE Scale: Scale Of Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation; TIMPs: Tissue Inhibitors of Matri...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: BBB: Blood-Brain Barrier; CCA: Common Carotid Artery; CIMT: Carotid Intima-Media Thickness; COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; FEV1: Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 Second; LDL: Low Density Lipoprotein; MMPS: Matrix Metalloproteinases; SCORE Scale: Scale Of Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation; TIMPs: Tissue Inhibitors of Matri...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: BBB: Blood-Brain Barrier; CCA: Common Carotid Artery; CIMT: Carotid Intima-Media Thickness; COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; FEV1: Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 Second; LDL: Low Density Lipoprotein; MMPS: Matrix Metalloproteinases; SCORE Scale: Scale Of Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation; TIMPs: Tissue Inhibitors of Matri...

Dysregulated extracellular matrix (ECM) metabolism may contribute to vascular remodeling during the development and complication of human atherosclerotic lesions. We investigated the expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), a family of enzymes that degrade ECM components in human atherosclerotic plaques (n =30) and in uninvolved arterial specimens (n=11). We studied members of all three ...

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a family of proteolytic enzymes which degrade the extracellular matrix or components of the basement membrane. They have essential roles in tumor invasion and metastasis. In bladder cancer, elevated MMP-2 and MMP-9 expression in tumor tissues, correlated with tumor stage, grade or prognosis, were reported in several studies. Moreover, high levels of serum or...

INTRODUCTION Oral peripheral and central giant cell granulomas are lesions with little-known etiology and pathogenesis. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare matrix metalloproteinases-2 and osteopontin protein expression in the multinucleated giant cells and mononuclear cells of the peripheral and central giant cell granuloma lesions. METHODS In this retrospective study, the presen...