… Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMPs… urine of prostate and bladder cancer patients. Our aim
here is to assess the usefulness of HMW MMPs as non invasive biomarkers in bilharzial bladder …

… In this context, developing a noninvasive surrogate biomarker … We have recently reported
that urinary matrix metalloproteinase-7 … However, whether MMP-7 in the urine can be used as a …

… The matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) family of enzymes is comprised of critically important
extracellular matrix … As is expected, a majority of the biomarker studies in patients with bladder …

… urine assays are much easier to administer and less costly than serum assays, we assessed
if MMPs would be present in urine and … We then assayed the urine to see if urine levels are …

… Matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) modify extracellular matrix during vascular remodeling and
are excreted in urine … that urinary MMP activities would be sensitive biomarkers for vascular …

… Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) have important roles in several cancer-supporting cellular
processes, such as extracellular matrix (ECM… as diagnostic or prognostic biomarkers and as …

… tested biomarkers and … urinary biomarkers did not reach statistical significance (P>0.05).
Cr, creatinine. We further evaluated the performance of a combination of urinary biomarkers …

… on the detection of matrix metalloproteinases in urine of cancer … therapeutic efficacy in
patients with bladder or prostate tumors. … and encouragement of our urinary biomarker research. …

… to determine whether urinary matrix metalloproteinase 7 (MMP-7) … whether urinary MMP-7
level is a promising biomarker for … of urinary MMP-7 level with previously reported biomarkers, …

… was detected in urine samples from … biomarker for the diagnosis and monitoring of bladder
cancer [19]. Moreover, MMP-7 plasma levels are significantly higher in patients with bladder …