Matrix metalloproteinase-8 inactivates macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha to reduce acute lung inflammation and injury in mice.

Quintero, Pablo A

Matrix metalloproteinase-8 inactivates macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha to reduce acute lung inflammation and injury in mice. [electronic resource] - Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) Feb 2010 - 1575-88 p. digital

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1550-6606

10.4049/jimmunol.0900290 doi


Acute Lung Injury--enzymology
Animals
Bleomycin--toxicity
Chemokine CCL3--antagonists & inhibitors
Enzyme Activation--immunology
Humans
Inflammation Mediators--antagonists & inhibitors
Lung--enzymology
Matrix Metalloproteinase 8--deficiency
Membrane Proteins--deficiency
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mice, Knockout
Neutrophil Activation--immunology
Neutrophils--enzymology
Recombinant Proteins--antagonists & inhibitors
Substrate Specificity--immunology