Publication year: 2008
ISBN: 978-3-7643-8585-9
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Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are proteolytic enzymes believed to be involved in many physiological and pathological processes associated with inflammatory reactions. This volume presents new advances in the involvement of MMPs in various diseases associated with inflammatory processes. Moreover, the recent development of selective and non selective inhibitors of MMPs provides new insights in the relationship between activation of inflammatory cells and tissue remodelling and advises new therapeutic possibilities for the treatment of inflammatory diseases.
Subject: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Activation, Atmen, Tissue Remodelling, asthma, cell, development, diseases, enzyme, enzymes, inflammation, pathology, protein, research, tissue, transcription, infectious diseases