Status of research on MMPs in India

Abstract

Indian researchers need to work on new molecules with specific MMP inhibitory activity for cancer and communicable and geriatric diseases. Although several publications on natural products have appeared from India, they are very few considering the number of medicinal plants available in the country. Inhibiting MMPs could be both beneficial and detrimental to cells, owing to the inter-relationship between normal physiology and pathology; thus, targeting MMPs with broad MMP inhibitors can have mixed blessings.