Purpose Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS) occurs in 10–40% of patients treated surgically due to disk herniation (DH). There are several factors that can cause a predisposition FBSS, but the exact pathomechanism has not been elucidated. The aim this study was investigate Metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) and Tissue Inhibitor (TIMP-2) activities homogeneous group FBSS with epidural fibrosis comparis...

this study was conducted to examine if allergic contact dermatitis (acd) alters the expression of mmps in human dermal fibroblasts. fibroblasts are the primary source for mmp and matrix production in skin. mmps are known to involve in a number of physiological and pathological processes. some published data indicated a gelatinase-like activity in acute and chronic phases of allergic contact der...

effects of doxycycline on cx43 distribution and cardiac arrhythmia susceptibility of rats after myocardial infarction abstract: this study aimed to observe the effects of doxycycline (dox) on gap junction remodeling after mi and the susceptibility of rats to cardiac arrhythmia. the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery of rats was ligated to establish a myocardial infarction animal ...

background: this study detected osteopontin (opn) and matrix metalloproteinase-7 (mmp-7) expressions to explore the roles of opn and mmp-7 in the occurrence, progression, and prognosis of nonsmall cell lung cancer (nsclc). materials and methods: a retrospective study was conducted on nsclc tissues ( n = 152; case group) and adjacent nonneoplastic lung parenchyma (adjacent to tumor >5 cm; n = 15...