Moderate and severe traumatic brain injury induce early overexpression of systemic and brain gelatinases
2008
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Recent experimental evidence suggests that matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are implicated in the pathophysiology of traumatic brain injury (TBI) by increasing blood-brain barrier permeability and exacerbating posttraumatic edema. We examined the acute profile of MMP-2 and MMP-9 in the plasma of patients with moderate or severe TBI and in the brain extracellular fluid (ECF).
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