Objective: To determine protein and activity levels of matrix metalloproteinases 1 and 3
(MMP-1 and MMP-3) in synovial fluid of patients with knee joint injury, primary osteoarthritis …

OBJECTIVE: Metalloproteinases (MMP) play an important role in the remodelling of the
extracellular matrix. However, evidence that they are responsible for tissue damage in …

To observe the level and the distribution of MMP-1 in cartilage and synovium over the
progression of OA in rabbit ACLT model, and to explore the relationship between the …

Objective: To analyse matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and tissue inhibitor-1 of MMPs
(TIMP-1) levels in the systemic circulation and synovial fluid (SF) of patients with RA and to …

Objective. To study the levels of matrix metalloproteinase‐3 (MMP‐3) in the knee synovial
fluid (SF) of inflammatory arthropathies (rheumatoid arthritis whether erosive or not, reactive …

Abstract Background Matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3) plays an important role in the
pathology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Measurement of …

Objective. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PA) are both ch ronic rheumatic
inflammatory diseases characterized by disruption of the extra-cellular matrix (ECM) protein …

OBJECTIVE Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are expressed in joint tissues of patients with
rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA). The objective of this study was to define the …

Objective. To measure serum levels of collagenase (MMP‐1), stromelysin‐1 (MMP‐3), and
tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases‐1 (TIMP‐1) in normal subjects and in patients …

Objective To investigate whether plasma levels of matrix metalloproteinases 3 (MMP-3,
stromelysin), MMP-1 (collagenase), tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 1 (TIMP-1), and …