The Role of Matrix Metalloproteinase in Human Body Pathologies

• Övriga skapare: Travascio, Francesco (Utgivare, redaktör, sammanställare)
• Materialtyp: Elektronisk Bokavsnitt
• Språk: engelska
• Publicerad: IntechOpen 2017
• Ämnen: Medical genetics; matrix metalloproteinases, mmps, biomarkers, heart failure, risk factors, atherosclerosis
• Länkar: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a family of proteolytic zinc-containing enzymes involved in physiological as well as in pathological processes in the human organism. MMPs play a key role in the remodeling of the extracellular matrix. Such a process may occur because of tissue homeostasis, morph...