Study the level of sputum matrix metalloproteinase-9 and tissue inhibitor metaloprotienase-1 in patients with interstitial lung diseases

Study the level of sputum matrix metalloproteinase-9 and tissue inhibitor metaloprotienase-1 in patients with interstitial lung diseases

Background: Pulmonary fibrosis, the final result of a large variety of interstitial lung diseases, is characterized by an aberrant remodeling of extracellular matrix (ECM) with a profound disturbance of the normal lung architecture. This remodeling includes the exaggerated accumulation of ECM compon...

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Main Authors: Sherif A. Esa, Abeer M. Rawy, Mona M. El-Behissy, Mahmoud El-Bastawisy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
Subjects:
Interstitial lung diseases
Pulmonary fibrosis
MMP-9
TIMP-1
Sputum neutrophils
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763815300698

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