Effects of age, gender, ethnicity, diurnal variation and exercise on circulating levels of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP)-2 and -9, and their inhibitors, tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases (TIMP)-1 and -2 - Tayebjee, Muzahir H.; Lip, Gregory Y.H.; Blann, Andrew D.; MacFadyen, Robert J. (Thrombosis research, 2005)
Keywords: Adult; African Continental Ancestry Group - ethnology; Age; Asian Continental Ancestry Group - ethnology; Biological and medical sciences; Blood and lymphatic vessels; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiovascular system; Circadian Rhythm; Coronary heart disease; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diseases of the peripheral vessels. Diseases of the vena cava. Miscellaneous; Diurnal variation; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Ethnicity; European Continental Ancestry Group - ethnology; Exercise; Exercise Test; Extracellular matrix; Female; Gender; Heart; Humans; Male; Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 - blood; Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 - metabolism; Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 - blood; Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 - metabolism; Matrix metalloproteinases; Medical sciences; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase; Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1 - blood; Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1 - metabolism; Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-2 - blood; Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-2 - metabolism; Vasodilator agents. Cerebral vasodilators; Ethnicity; Matrix metalloproteinases; Exercise; Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase; Extracellular matrix; Gender; Diurnal variation; Age; Physical exercise; Myocardial infarction; Metalloendopeptidases; Cardiovascular disease; Myocardial disease; Vascular disease; Heart disease; Interstitial collagenase; Human; Enzyme; Ethnic group; Gelatinase B; Stress; Gelatinase A; Peptidases; Treatment; Hydrolases; Chinese