Comparative Enzyme Immunoassay of Matrix Metalloproteinases-2, -7, -9 and Their Tissue Inhibitor-2 in Tumors and Plasma of Patients with Gastric Cancer

Autor: E. S. Gerstein, Ivan Stilidi, A. A. Yurchenko, Li Sini, A. B. Ryabov, Mikhail Davydov, N. E. Kushlinskii, E. K. Dvorova
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine. 148:899-902
ISSN: 1573-8221
0007-4888
DOI: 10.1007/s10517-010-0847-x
Popis: The content of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) -2, -7, and -9 was significantly higher in tumors in comparison with the adjacent histologically intact gastric mucosa in 80, 70, and 72% patients with gastric cancer, respectively, the increase in the level of MMP tissue inhibitor-2 (TIMP-2) detected in 61% tumors was insignificant. Only plasma level of MMP-7 was elevated in primary patients in comparison with the control and positively correlated with the expression of this protein in the tumor. The concentration of MMP-7 was maximum in the blood of patients with tumor invasion in lymph vessels. These data suggest MMP-7 as a possible serological marker of gastric cancer.
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