Plasma levels of MMP-7 and TIMP-1 in laboratory diagnostics and differentiation of selected histological types of epithelial ovarian cancers

• Main Authors: Grażyna Ewa Będkowska (Author), Ewa Gacuta (Author), Monika Zajkowska (Author), Edyta Katarzyna Głażewska (Author), Joanna Osada (Author), Maciej Szmitkowski (Author), Lech Chrostek (Author), Milena Dąbrowska (Author), Sławomir Ławicki (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background MMP-7 and TIMP-1 may play a role in the pathogenesis of cancer disease. In this study we investigated plasma levels of selected metalloproteinase and its tissue inhibitor in comparison to plasma levels of the commonly accepted tumor markers (CA 125 and HE4) in selected histologic...