人类动脉样硬化斑块中的膜类型1矩阵金属蛋白酶表达:有证据表明由促炎媒介激活

T B Rajavashisth1, X P Xu, S Jovinge

  • 1Atherosclerosis Research Center, Burns and Allen Research Institute, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA. rajavashisth@cshs.org

Circulation
|June 22, 1999
PubMed
概括

矩阵金属蛋白酶1 (MT1-MMP) 存在于动脉样硬化斑块中,由光滑肌细胞和巨细胞表达. 促炎分子增加MT1-MMP表达,可能影响动脉样硬化中的细胞外基质重塑.