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Lower serum concentration of matrix metalloproteinase-3 in the acute stage of myocardial infarction.
Journal of internal medicine - 1 May 2006
Samnegård A, Silveira A, Tornvall P, Hamsten A, Ericsson C-G, Eriksson P
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: The importance of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) in the progression and rupture of the atherosclerotic plaque is gaining increasing recognition but the mechanisms are not yet fully understood. The aim of this study was to investigate the significance of MMP-3 in the acute phase of myocardial infarction (MI) and the influence of the -1612 5A/6A MMP-3 gene promoter polymorphism on serum MMP-3...
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