Matrix metalloproteinases in pulmonary and central nervous system tuberculosis—a review

UK Rohlwink, NF Walker, AA Ordonez, YJ Li… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
… The level and presence of specific MMPs and their inhibitors in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
and blood of patients may therefore be markers of BBB compromise. However, human …

Elevated matrix metalloproteinase concentrations offer novel insight into their role in pediatric tuberculous meningitis

YJ Li, KA Wilkinson, RJ Wilkinson… - Journal of the …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
… We collected lumbar and ventricular cerebrospinal fluid and serum from 40 children treated
… of matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9), MMP-2, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1 (TIMP-…

[PDF][PDF] A Comparative Study of Serum Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 in Tuberculous Meningitis With and Without Stroke

R Jhamb, AK Gauraw, R Kar, P Gogoi… - International Journal of …, 2019 - academia.edu
… Persistent increase of matrix metalloproteinases in cerebrospinal fluid of tuberculous …
Marked increase of matrix metalloproteinase 9 in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with fungal or …

Neutrophil-Mediated Immunopathology and Matrix Metalloproteinases in Central Nervous System–Tuberculosis

XY Poh, FK Loh, JS Friedland, CWM Ong - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
… (9). There is accumulating evidence that neutrophil-derived mediators including matrix
metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) … Patients with subacute meningitis, including fungal meningitis and …

[PDF][PDF] The expression and significance of inflammatory cytokines and MMP-9 in the tears of the infected eye and contralateral uninfected eye in patients with fungal …

S Zhang, HM Wu, XN Cao, XQ Zhang, G Gao - 2021 - scholar.archive.org
Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) in patients with fungal keratitis(FK). Meanwhile, we
evaluated the relationship between the changes of tear cytokines with corneal perception and …

Harnessing the activity of the fungal metalloprotease, Mpr1, to promote crossing of nanocarriers through the blood–brain barrier

PA Aaron, A Gelli - ACS Infectious Diseases, 2019 - ACS Publications
… that a secreted fungal metalloprotease, Mpr1, that also confers crossing ability to yeast upon
… This study substantiates the notion that fungal mechanisms of BBB entry may be harnessed …

The role of matrix metalloproteinase in inflammation with a focus on infectious diseases

HS Lee, WJ Kim - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
… as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and fungi. Excessive activity of MMPs induced by infection …
-8 and MMP-9 are found in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with bacterial meningitis [115]. …

Analysis of the relationship between metalloprotease-9 and tau protein in Alzheimer's disease

M Hernandes-Alejandro, S Montaño… - Journal of …, 2020 - content.iospress.com
… Neurons and NFTs are sites of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). … The analysis of matrix
metalloproteases shows that the bands were more intense in brain tissue from cases with AD …

Cryptococcus neoformans–astrocyte interactions: effect on fungal blood brain barrier disruption, brain invasion, and meningitis progression

YH Woo, LR Martinez - Critical reviews in microbiology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
… IRIS typically occurs within 6 months of HAART initiation in patients with low CD4 + T cell
counts or prior to any marked increase in CD4 + T cell counts after HAART initiation (Sereti …

Matrix metalloproteinase 9 and osteopontin interact to support synaptogenesis in the olfactory bulb after mild traumatic brain injury

MA Powell, RT Black, TL Smith, TM Reeves… - Journal of …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
… molecules expressed in the extracellular matrix (ECM) around affected synapses. For
example, extracellular proteoglycans—osteopontin (OPN) and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs)—…