Imbalance of tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMP) – 1 and – 4 serum levels, in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

BACKGROUND: Tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) play a key role in tissue degradation and remodeling. Since chronic inflammation is associated with tissue remodeling in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), we evaluated serum TIMP-1 and TIMP-4 levels in IBD patients, in comparison with healt...

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Main Authors: Kapsoritakis, Andreas N, Kapsoritaki, Anastasia I, Davidi, Ioanna P, Lotis, Vasilios D, Manolakis, Anastasios C, Mylonis, Petros I, Theodoridou, Aikaterini T, Germenis, Anastasios E, Potamianos, Spyros P
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2008
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2613880/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19036126
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-8-55
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