… The primary antibodies used in this study were polyclonal rabbit anti-MMP-2 antibody (…
score (IHS), we found the expression of MMP-2 and MMP-9 in the LV to be significantly reduced …

… in denervated muscle fibrosis [90]. In normal animals’ (mice) muscles, MMP-9 and MMP-2 …
showed that the MMP-2 and MMP-9 contribute to the vascular smooth muscle fiber integrity in …

… /2) [13] to exert its pro-fibrotic role in skeletal muscle. Another study showed that denervation
… CTGF/CCN2 and CYR61/CCN1 in skeletal muscle. The authors propose that up-regulation …

… total MMP-9 and a 72 kDa band corresponding to MMP-2. … pro-MMP-9 in the sciatic nerves
(and denervated muscles) of … , active MMP-9 was not detected in nerve and muscle extracts…

… of MT-MMP-1, MMP-2, MMP-9, TIMP-1 and TIMP-2 in … MMP-2 and MMP-7, were also
described. Their distinct expression may reflect different stages of muscle atrophy after denervation […

… MMP-2 nor immunohistochemical staining for type IV collagen was significantly altered
by MMP-9 inactivation in any muscles examined. The present study demonstrates that MMP-9 …

… -3 showed that the location of ADAM12, a membranous metalloprotease, was distinct from
that of MMP-3 in denervated mouse skeletal muscle (Fig. 2F). Since we previously reported …

… In our study, MMP-9 expression in the treatment group was significantly higher than in the
… on days 2 and 5. With the effect of sympathetic denervation gradually diminishing, MMP-9 …

… Plasminogen activators (PAs) and matrix metalloproteinase 2 and 9 (MMP2-9) enzyme
activities in crushed muscle extracts of young and old rats. PAs and MMP2-9 enzyme activities …

… , the muscle samples were snap frozen in liquid N 2 and … the time course and profile of skeletal
muscle MMP-3 and TIMP-1 … collagen and fibrosis in denervated skeletal muscle. Thus, on …