Vitrification affects the expression of matrix metalloproteinases and their tissue inhibitors of mouse ovarian tissue

• Main Authors: Reza Asadzadeh (Author), Shima Khosravi (Author), Saeed Zavareh (Author), Mohammad Taghi Ghorbanian (Author), Seyed Hassan Paylakhi (Author), Seyed Reza Mohebbi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Science, Yazd, Iran, 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: One of the most major obstacles of ovarian tissue vitrification is suboptimal developmental competence of follicles. Matrix metalloproteinases 2 (MMP-2) and 9 (MMP-9) and their tissue inhibitors TIMP-1 and TIMP-2 are involved in the remodeling of the extracellular matrix in the ovaries....