Article: Effect of erythromycin on homocysteine-induced extracellular matrix metalloproteinase-2 production in cultured rat vascular smooth muscle cells

Article: Smooth muscle cells infected with Chlamydia ...
Drug Week;  December 5, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... amp; NewsRx.net) -- Smooth muscle cells infected with Chlamydia pneumoniae increase MMP-1, MMP-3; not MMP-2, MMP-9, or TIMPs. According ... endothelial cells, and smooth muscle cells (SMC). It has been ...

Article: Induction of MMP-9 release from human dermal fibroblasts ...
BMC Cell Biology;  May 7, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... and metastasis [1]. MMP-2 and MMP-9 are geletinases, which degrade ... able to generate MMPs including MMP-2 and MMP-9, collagen, other extracellular ... fibroblasts [5], vascular smooth muscle cells [6], T lymphocytes [7 ...

Article: MMP-9 gene deficiency in mice affects arterial remodeling.
Gene Therapy Weekly;  December 12, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... in vitro effects of MMP-9 deficiency on the ... capacity of aortic smooth muscle cells isolated from MMP-9 knock-out and ... metalloproteinase-9 gene impairs smooth muscle cell migration and ... The data suggest MMP-9 is a prerequisite ...

Article: Matrix metalloproteinase MMP-9 and eosinophils are more ...
Biotech Week;  August 6, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... The matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) enzymes, MMP-9, have relevance to chronic ... potentially enhance airway fibrosis and smooth muscle proliferation through their ability ... bound growth factors. Staining for MMP-9 was undertaken in acetone ...

Article: Lung pathology may be explained by higher SRF and MMP, and ...
Drug Week;  June 20, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... is characterized by abnormal smooth muscle-like cell proliferation leading ... response factor (SRF), a critical smooth muscle transcription factor, is overexpressed ... of matrix metalloproteinases MMP-2 and MMP-14, two MMPs previously shown ...

Article: Resveratrol Inhibits TNF-[alpha]-Induced Proliferation and Matrix ...
The Journal of Nutrition;  December 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... effects on vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC ... metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 expression ... cycle progress, and MMP-9 expression through ... resveratrol * vascular smooth muscle cell * matrix metalloproteinase ... basal levels of MMP-9 are usually ... treatment of vascular smooth ...

Article: Strain-generated enzyme precipitates vascular smooth ...
Angiogenesis Weekly;  September 17, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... strain-induced endothelial MMP-2 (and MMP-9) expression and release in modulating bovine aortic smooth muscle cell (BASMC) migration ... strain-induced endothelial MMP-2: role in vascular smooth muscle cell migration. Biochem ...