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- Title
Children with stable asthma have reduced airway matrix metalloproteinase-9 and matrix metalloproteinase-9/tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 ratio.
- Authors
Doherty, G M; Kamath, S V; de Courcey, F; Christie, S N; Chisakuta, A; Lyons, J D; Heaney, L G; Ennis, M; Shields, M D
- Abstract
Childhood asthma is characterized by inflammation of the airways. Structural changes of the airway wall may also be seen in some children early in the course of the disease. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are key mediators in the metabolism of the extracellular matrix (ECM).
- Publication
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2005, Vol 35, Issue 9, p1168
- ISSN
0954-7894
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2222.2005.02326.x