Suppression of matrix metalloproteinase-9 production from neutrophils by a macrolide antibiotic, roxithromycin, in vitro

• Asıl Yazarlar: Ken-Ichi Kanai (Yazar), Kazuhito Asano (Yazar), Tadashi Hisamitsu (Yazar), Harumi Suzaki (Yazar)
• Materyal Türü: Kitap
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Hindawi Limited, 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Konular: article
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BACKGROUND: Macrolide antibiotics such as erythromycin and roxithromycin (RXM) have an anti-inflammatory effect that may account for their clinical benefit in the treatment of chronic airway inflammatory diseases. However, the precise mechanism of this anti-inflammatory effect is not well understood...