Association between promoter -1607 polymorphism of <it>MMP1 </it>and Lumbar Disc Disease in Southern Chinese

• Egile Nagusiak: Leong John CY (Egilea), Yip Shea-Ping (Egilea), Luk Keith DK (Egilea), Fan Bao-Jian (Egilea), Kao Patrick YP (Egilea), Karppinen Jaro (Egilea), Ho Daniel WH (Egilea), Song You-Qiang (Egilea), Cheah Kathryn SE (Egilea), Sham Pak (Egilea), Chan Danny (Egilea), Cheung Kenneth MC (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: BMC, 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are involved in the degradation of the extracellular matrix of the intervertebral disc. A SNP for guanine insertion/deletion (G/D), the -1607 promoter polymorphism, of the <it>MMP1 </it>ge...