Associations of polymorphisms in MMP-7 and MMP-8 with osteoarthritis risk in a Han Chinese population

Han, CX; Ren, YZ; Kong, LY; Eerdun, T; Bai, LH

Bai, LH (reprint author), China Med Univ, Shengjing Hosp, Dept Orthoped Surg, Shenyang 110000, Liaoning, Peoples R China.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE, 2018; 11 (5): 5129

Abstract

Matrix metalloproteinases have proteolytic activity and are implicated in the degradation of extracellular matrix in cartilage. Studies have revealed ......

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