Celecoxib, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, has been reported to have antitumor and antimetastatic activities, it potential for application in cancer treatments. The expression of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2/9 is strongly correlated with malignancy, inhibition these MMPs believed be effective improving the effects drugs. We previously revealed that UTX-121, which converted sulfonamid...

This study investigated whether the inclusion of a matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) responsive sequence in self-assembled peptide-based brain-targeting nanoparticles (NPs) would enhance blood-brain barrier (BBB) penetration when MMP-9 levels are elevated both brain and blood circulation. Brain-targeting peptides were conjugated at N-terminus to MMP-9-responsive peptides, these lipid moiety (c...

abstract introduction: matrix metalloproteinase 2 is one of the inflammatory mediators that is involved in nociceptive processing and its production is regulated by many inflammatory factors such as nitric oxide. we studied the role of mmp-2 on the analgesic effects of nnos inhibitor. methods: considering that nitric oxide has many roles in pain processing, we studied the csf levels of mmp-2 af...

Metastasis to lymph nodes and distant organs is the main challenge in the treatment of papillary thyroid cancer. In the current investigation, we aimed to evaluate the synergistic effects of celecoxib (CX) and sodium valproate (VPA) against cell survival, invasiveness properties, and expression of metalloproteinase-2 and -9 (MMP-2 and MMP-9) in  papillary thyroid cancer cell line, BCPAP cells. ...

although it is well established that women are more likely to sustain certain connective tissue injuries than men during physical activities, this difference between males and females is not clear. gelatinases degrade components of tendon tissue. thus, in this research, the effects of gender on serum gelatinases (mmp-2 and mmp-9) at rest and in response to acute endurance exercise were investig...

objective: gelatinases are a large group of proteolytic enzymes that belong to the matrix metalloproteinases (mmps). mmps are a broad family of peptidases, which proteolyse the extracellular matrix and have an important role in inflammation. verapamil is a calcium channel blocker extensively used in the treatment of numerous cardiovascular diseases such as arrhythmia and hypertension. the anti-...

Enterococcus faecalis is an etiological agent of endodontic infections. The present study was performed to investigate the gene profiles E. induced by type I collagen stimulation. ATCC 19433 cultivated with [collagen (+)] or without (−)], and transcriptome analysis using high-throughput sequencing technology. A total 3.6 gb information obtained sequence 77 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) ...

matrix metalloproteinases (mmps) play an important role in gastric cancer (gc). accumulated evidence suggests that functional mmp-1 and mmp-7 gene polymorphisms are associated with several tumors. the aim of this study was to investigate two single nucleotide polymorphisms, mmp-1 -1607 1g/2g and mmp-7 -181 a/g, and their potential relationship with gc. we examined 246 gc  patients and 252 age-a...