Elevated serum matrix metalloprotease (MMP-2) as a candidate biomarker for stable COPD - Mahor, Durga; Kumari, Vandana; Vashisht, Kapil; Galgalekar, Ruma; Samarth, Ravindra M.; Mishra, Pradyumna K.; Banerjee, Nalok; Dixit, Rajnikant; Saluja, Rohit; De, Sajal; Pandey, Kailash C. (BMC pulmonary medicine, 2020)
Keywords: Air pollution; Asthma; Biomarker; Biomarkers; Biomarkers - blood; Caspase-7; Caspases; Chronic obstructive lung disease; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; COPD; Cysteine proteases; Development and progression; Diagnosis; Dipeptidyl-peptidase IV; Disease; Elastase; Emphysema; Extracellular matrix; Gelatinase A; Health aspects; Humans; India; Indoor air quality; Leukocyte elastase; Leukocyte Elastase - blood; Lung diseases; Lungs; Mass spectrometry; Mass spectroscopy; Matrix metalloproteinase; Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 - blood; Measurement; Metallo proteases; Metalloenzymes; Metalloproteinase; Neutrophils; Obstructive lung disease; Outdoor air quality; Pathogenesis; Peptidase; Proteases; Proteins; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - blood; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - pathology; Pulmonology; Reactive oxygen species; Reactive Oxygen Species - blood; Respiratory diseases; Scientific imaging; Serine proteases; Serology; Severity of Illness Index; Statistical analysis; Tuberculosis; India; Cysteine proteases; Biomarker; Protease inhibitors; Serine proteases; Caspases; Metallo proteases; COPD