Matrix metalloproteinases-9 and tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases-1 in sarcoidosis patients

• Main Authors: Ivanišević Jasmina (Author), Stefanović Aleksandra (Author), Kotur-Stevuljević Jelena (Author), Jelić-Ivanović Zorana (Author), Spasić Slavica (Author), Videnović-Ivanov Jelica (Author), Mihailović-Vučinić Violeta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Pharmaceutical Association of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Matrix metaloproteinases (MMPs) and their specific inhibitors - tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases (TIMPs) play an important role in pulmonary extracellular matrix destruction. Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory disease affecting multiple organs. It has been reported that MMP-9 and TIMP-1 le...