The Role of Matrix Metalloproteinase in Human Body Pathologies

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a family of proteolytic zinc-containing enzymes involved in physiological as well as in pathological processes in the human organism. MMPs play a key role in the remodeling of the extracellular matrix. Such a process may occur because of tissue homeostasis, morph...

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Language:English
Published: IntechOpen 2017
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