Evaluation of Association Between the Serum Levels of MMP-9 and MMP-9/TIMPs With Soluble Forms of Selectins and Itching Induced by Sulfur Mustard

• Egile Nagusiak: Nayere Askari (Egilea), Tooba Ghazanfari (Egilea), Mohammad Mehdi Naghizadeh (Egilea), Athar Moin (Egilea), Ali Khamesipour (Egilea), Shahryar Pourfarzam (Egilea), Zuhair Mohammad Hassan (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Iranian Society of Pathology, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background & objective: Pruritus is the most frequent chronic dermal complication of sulfur mustard (SM), which negatively influences the quality of life. Exact pathophysiology of SM-induced itching is unknown. The current study aimed at evaluating the possible association between SM-induced itc...