Serum MMP-8 and TIMP-1 predict prognosis in colorectal cancer.

Camilla BöckelmanInes Beilmann-LehtonenTuomas KaprioSelja KoskensaloTaina TervahartialaHarri MustonenUlf-Håkan StenmanTimo SorsaCaj Haglund

Published in: BMC cancer (2018)

MMP-8 and TIMP-1 in serum, but not MMP-9, identified CRC patients with bad prognosis. Among patients showing no systemic inflammatory response, MMP-8 and TIMP-1 may associate with poor prognosis.

Keyphrases

poor prognosis
inflammatory response
cell migration
long non coding rna
immune response