2008
DOI: 10.3390/medicina44050050
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Matrix metalloproteinase-3 gene polymorphism and dilatative pathology of ascending thoracic aorta

Abstract: Matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3) degrades extracellular matrix and may lead to development of dilatative pathology of ascending thoracic aorta. Expression of MMP-3 depends upon the 5A/6A polymorphism in the promoter region. An increased number of 5A alleles leads to high expression of MMP-3. Thus, objective of the study was to determine whether the 5A/6A polymorphism in the promoter region of MMP-3 gene is associated with the development of dilatative pathology of ascending thoracic aorta. We studied 76 pati… Show more

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“…The frequency of 5A allele did not differ significantly between both groups and was 0.506 and 0.514, respectively. Male carriers of 5A/5A genotype were significantly younger compared with those with the 6A/6A genotype [29].…”
Section: Mmp-pathwaysmentioning
confidence: 92%
“…The frequency of 5A allele did not differ significantly between both groups and was 0.506 and 0.514, respectively. Male carriers of 5A/5A genotype were significantly younger compared with those with the 6A/6A genotype [29].…”
Section: Mmp-pathwaysmentioning
confidence: 92%
“…In this way, MMP-3 is crucial to the connective tissue remodeling process; it is involved in the turnover of numerous ecM components (18).…”
Section: Matrix Metalloproteinase-3mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A key member of the MMP family, MMP3 is known to lyse basal membrane collagen and induce the synthesis of other MMP. MMP3 polymorphism is due to a variation in the number of adenosines located at position 1171 relative to the transcription start site, resulting in one allele having five adenosines (5A) and the other allele having six adenosines (6A) [21][22][23]. The results of our observations, in addition to meta-analysis, revealed that the 6A/6A genotype and 6A allele was significantly associated with MMD susceptibility.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 55%