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The effect of matrix metalloproteinase 2 and matrix metalloproteinase 2/9 deletion in experimental post-thrombotic vein wall remodeling.
Journal of vascular surgery - 1 Nov 2013
Deatrick Kristopher B, Luke Catherine E, Elfline Megan A, Sood Vikram, Baldwin Joseph, Upchurch Gilbert R, Jaffer Farouc A, Wakefield Thomas W, Henke Peter K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Vein wall fibrotic injury following deep venous thrombosis (VT) is associated with elevated matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). Whether and by what mechanism MMP2 contributes to vein wall remodeling after VT is unknown. METHODS: Stasis VT was produced by ligation of the inferior vena cava and tissue was harvested at 2, 8, and 21 days in MMP2 -/- and genetic wild type (WT) mice. Tissue analysis by...
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