… The percentages of MMP‐8 PMN‐type enzyme and MMP‐13 proenzyme bands
correlated significantly with gingival and bleeding indices (p<0.05). Immunohistochemistry …

Periodontal inflammation is characterized by irreversible degradation of periodontal ligament
collagen fibers leading to loss of tooth attachment. Cultured gingival keratinocytes and …

Bisphosphonates are a group of drugs capable of inhibiting bone resorption, and are thus
used for the treatment of bone diseases, such as Paget's disease, osteoporosis, and for bone …

The purpose of this study was to examine the role of interstitial collagenases, members of the
family of matrix metalloproteinases, in the development of pulmonary fibrosis. The activity, …

Objectives: Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) play crucial role in various tissue destructive
inflammatory processes by degrading almost all peri‐cellular and basement membrane …

… of 20 μM reduced the cell number by about 50% (P … At 20 μM, COL-1 reduced the cell numbers
by about 20% (P … Eccles, SA, Box, GM, Court, WJ, Bone, EA, Thomas, W., and Brown, P. (…

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) collectively degrade extracellular matrix and basement
membrane proteins in chronic inflammation and bone‐destructive lesions. This study …

… that of BALF from controlled BA (p < 0.001). The same … (p < 0.01, p < 0.001, respectively)
and the MMP-8 complex form in uncontrolled BA differed from that of BALF from controlled BA (p …

… A p value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. … elevated in BE BALF
compared with healthy control BALF (p=0.003). The immunoreactivity of the latent and activated …

Laminin‐5 (LN‐5) is an important epithelial cell‐derived structural and adhesive component
in hemidesmosomes and basement membranes (BM). In peri‐implant tissue, gingival BM …