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This study aimed to assess whether increased collagenolysis precedes severe chronic lung disease
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: To assess whether increased collagenolysis precedes severe chronic lung disease (CLD). METHODS: Matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1) and MMP-8 (enzymes that degrade type I collagen, the main structural protein of lung extracellular matrix) were measured by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay in 100 bronchoalveolar lavage samples taken during the first 6 postnatal days from 45 more...
International Classification:
Practice/knowledge - severe chronic lung disease
Categories:
severe chronic lung disease
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed,
Vol: 84 Page: F168-71 May 2001 D. G. Sweet; K. J. McMahon; A. E. Curley; C. M. O'Connor; H. L. Halliday