[HTML][HTML] Photodynamic therapy during second surgery for recurrent gliomas improves survival

Y Li, F Wang, B Li - Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Glioma accounts for most central nervous system tumors, and the degree of
invasion and malignancy are higher in the recurrent glioma. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is …

The impact of type 2 diabetes and atorvastatin treatment on serum levels of MMP-7 and MMP-8

NPE Kadoglou, N Sailer, G Fotiadis… - Experimental and …, 2014 - thieme-connect.com
Novel members of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), MMP-7 and MMP-8, have emerged as
predictors of cardiovascular events. Our study aimed to evaluate serum MMP-7 and MMP-8 …

[HTML][HTML] Grape-seed polyphenols play a protective role in elastase-induced abdominal aortic aneurysm in mice

C Wang, Y Wang, M Yu, C Chen, L Xu, Y Cao, R Qi - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a kind of disease characterized by aortic dilation,
whose pathogenesis is linked to inflammation. This study aimed to determine whether grape …

[HTML][HTML] Hospital acquired pneumonia with high-risk bacteria is associated with increased pulmonary matrix metalloproteinase activity

B Schaaf, C Liebau, V Kurowski, D Droemann… - BMC pulmonary …, 2008 - Springer
Background Neutrophil products like matrix metalloproteinases (MMP), involved in bacterial
defence mechanisms, possibly induce lung damage and are elevated locally during hospital …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of ADAM17 polymorphisms and susceptibility to sporadic abdominal aortic aneurysm

Y Li, C Yang, G Ma, L Cui, X Gu, Y Chen… - Cellular Physiology and …, 2014 - karger.com
Background: Accumulating evidence suggests that the principal TNF-α converting enzyme, a
disintegrin and metalloproteinase 17 (ADAM17), is involved in the development of human …

NaoXinTong inhibits the advanced atherosclerosis and enhances the plaque stability in apolipoprotein E deficient mice

X Yang, L Sun, Y Li, C Ma, J Yang… - Journal of …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Buchang NaoXinTong (NXT), a Chinese medicine, has been widely used to treat patients
with coronary heart disease in China. However, the underlying mechanisms need more …

[HTML][HTML] Low vitamin B6, and not plasma homocysteine concentration, as risk factor for abdominal aortic aneurysm: A retrospective case–control study

AC Peeters, BA van Landeghem, SJ Graafsma… - Journal of vascular …, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Hyperhomocysteinemia has been associated with vascular disease in
many epidemiologic studies, but only a few have reported on the relation between …

The role of matrix metalloproteinases and tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinase in microcystic meningiomas

SH Paek, DG Kim, CK Park, JH Phi… - Oncology …, 2006 - spandidos-publications.com
We studied the expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) and tissue inhibitors of matrix
metalloproteinase (TIMP) in microcystic meningiomas to investigate a possible underlying …

Inhibition of ets, an essential transcription factor for angiogenesis, to prevent the development of abdominal aortic aneurysm in a rat model

K Miwa, H Nakashima, M Aoki, T Miyake, T Kawasaki… - Gene therapy, 2005 - nature.com
The pathophysiology of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) is considered to be complicated.
As matrix degradation contributes to the progression of AAA, the destruction and …

Doxycycline ameliorates the susceptibility to aortic lesions in a mouse model for the vascular type of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

W Briest, TK Cooper, HJ Tae, M Krawczyk… - … of Pharmacology and …, 2011 - ASPET
The vascular form of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (vEDS), a rare disease with grave
complications resulting from rupture of major arteries, is caused by mutations of collagen …