The role of matrix metalloproteinases in recurrent tonsillitis


Acioglu E., Yigit O., Alkan Z., Server E. A., Uzun H., Gelisgen R.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, cilt.74, sa.5, ss.535-539, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

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Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the status of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP-2, MMP-7, MMP-9) and tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1) clue to dysregulated turnover of connective tissue matrices in children with recurrent tonsillitis (RT).