C-reactive protein increases matrix metalloproteinase-2 expression and activity in cultured human vascular smooth muscle cells
Authors:
- Gabriella DoronzoGDGabriella Doronzo
- Isabella RussoIRIsabella Russo
- Luigi MattielloLMLuigi Mattiello
- Mariella TrovatiMTMariella Trovati
- Giovanni AnfossiGAGiovanni Anfossi
- 30 November 2005
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine
- Vol. 146 (5) , 287-298
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