Expression of matrix metalloproteinase-9 in the neoplastic and interstitial inflammatory infiltrate cells in gastric cancer.

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) play an important role in the extracellular matrix degradation, that is an essential step in tumor invasion and metastases. The current study objective was to evaluate the expression of MMP-9 in the neoplastic and in the interstitial inflammatory infiltrate cells in...

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Main Authors: Andrzej Kemona, Jolanta Czyzewska, Mariusz Gryko, Katarzyna Guzińska-Ustymowicz, Marta Łukaszewicz-Zajac, Barbara Mroczko, Bogusław Kedra, Maciej Szmitkowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Via Medica 2010-02-01
Series:Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica
Online Access:http://czasopisma.viamedica.pl/fhc/article/view/4324