Effects of Melittin on the Production of Matrix Metalloproteinase-1 and -3 in Rheumatoid Arthritic Fibroblast-Like Synoviocytes

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Seong-Su Nah (مؤلف), Eunyoung Ha (مؤلف), Se Hwan Mun (مؤلف), Hye-Jin Won (مؤلف), Joo-Ho Chung (مؤلف)
• التنسيق: كتاب
• منشور في: Elsevier, 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Bee venom (BV) has been used in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, a condition characterized by rheumatoid joint destruction mediated, in large part, by matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). We investigated the effects of melittin, a major component of bee venom, on the production of MMPs in human rheu...