Your browser doesn't support javascript.
loading
Show: 20 | 50 | 100
Results 1 - 1 de 1
Filter
Add filters








Language
Year range
1.
Rev. Fac. Med. (Caracas) ; 33(1): 6-10, jun. 2010. tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-631573

ABSTRACT

Los niveles séricos de la metaloproteinasa (MMP) 9, enzima involucrada en inflamación, y su contraparte, el inhibidor tisular de la metaloproteinasas tipo 1 (TIMP-1), se encuentran significativamente (P < 0,01) incrementados en pacientes con asma o con enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica (EPOC) en comparación con los grupos control del mismo rango etario. El incremento de ambos parámetros se hace más significativo en los pacientes severos de ambos grupos (P < 0,0001) y particularmente en los pacientes con EPOC severo en comparación con los asmáticos severos (P < 0,01). El incremento en los niveles séricos de MMP-9 en relación con severidad es mayor que lo observado para TIMP-1 en ambas patologías. Se concluye que los niveles séricos de MMP-9 y TIMP-1 pueden ser un marcador importante para determinar severidad en estas enfermedades


Serum levels of metalloproteinase (MMP) 9, an enzyme involved in inflammation, and its counterpart, the tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases type 1 (TIMP-1) are significantly (P < 0.01) increased in patients with asthma or with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as compared with controls of the same age. The increase in both parameters is more significant (P < 0.0001) in severe patients of both groups, and particularly in patients with severe COPD as compared to severe asthmatics (P < 0.01). The increase in serum MMP-9 levels in relation with severity is higher than the observed values for TIMP-1 in both diseases. It is concluded that serum levels of MMP-9 and TIMP-1 may be important markers to establish severity in these diseases


Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Female , Asthma/diagnosis , Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/diagnosis , Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1/analysis , Biomarkers/analysis , Biomarkers/blood , Matrix Metalloproteinase 9/analysis , Allergy and Immunology
SELECTION OF CITATIONS
SEARCH DETAIL