Broadly, these enzymes fall into 5 categories based on substrate specificity: (1) interstitial collagenases (MMP-1, -8, -13); (2) gelatinases (MMP-2,-9) and fibroblast activation protein ...

The extracellular matrix of articular cartilage is the primary target of osteoarthritic cartilage degradation. However, cartilage cells have a pivotal role during osteoarthritis, as they are ...

Erdosteine is a multimechanism, mucolytic agent that decreases the sputum viscoelastic properties and bacterial adhesion to the cell membrane, endowed with bronchial anti-inflammatory activity and ...

1 School of Stomatology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China 2 Kunshan Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Kunshan, China Periodontal disease (PD) ...

1 Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 2 Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Nihon University ...

1 Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Lyon, Edouard Herriot Hospital, France Correspondence to Professor Pierre Miossec, Department of Clinical Immunology and ...