Serum MMP-8 and TIMP-1 predict prognosis in colorectal cancer
Abstract Background Almost all of the extracellular matrix (ECM) components can be degraded by the endoproteinases matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). Important regulators of MMPs, and thereby of the extracellular environment, are tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs), and especially TIMP-1....
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-06-01
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Series: | BMC Cancer |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-018-4589-x |