Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. The Unfolding Complexity of the Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP) System: Relevance to Disease
(A. Hussain Y. Lee and J. Marshall, Department of Genetics, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK, and others)
Chapter 2. MMP-9 Overexpression Towards the Clinical Stadium of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
(Farhat Farhat, Elvita Rahmi Daulay, Jessy Chrestella and Indah Afriani Nasution, Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia, and others)
Chapter 3. Matrix Metalloproteinases in Cardiovascular Disease: Current Updates and New Insights
(M. Beutline Malgija PhD, and C. Joyce Priyakumari, PhD, Bioinformatics Centre of BTISnet, Madras Christian College, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India)
Chapter 4. The Role of Matrix Metalloproteinases in the Pathogenesis of Psoriasis
(Julia A. Mogulevtseva, Alexandre Mezentsev, PhD, and Sergey A. Bruskin, PhD, Department of Agronomy and Biotechnology, K. A. Timiryazev Russian State Agricultural University, Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Moscow, Russia, and others)
Chapter 5. Physiological Role of Metalloproteinases during Pregnancy
(Bruno Zavan, Évila da Silva Lopes Salles, Renato de Oliveira Horvath, Andrea do Amarante-Paffaro and Valdemar Antonio Paffaro Junior, Biomedical Science Institute, UNIFAL, Alfenas, Brazil)
Chapter 6. The Role of Matrix Metalloproteinases in Bone Tissue
(Yeliz Basaran Elalmis, Cem Özel, Ceren Kececiler, Dilan Altan, Ecem Tiryaki, Ali Can Özarslan, Bilge Sema Tekerek and Sevil Yücel, Department of Bioengineering, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, and others)
Chapter 7. Techniques to Identify and Measure Tyrosine Phosphatase Inhibitors
(Marisa Cabeza, PhD, Department of Biological Systems. Metropolitan University-Campus Xochimilco Mexico City, Mexico)
Index