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Lung matrix metalloproteinase activation following partial hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats.

Giuseppina PalladiniAndrea FerrignoVittoria RizzoEleonora TarantolaVittorio BertoneIsabel FreitasStefano PerliniPlinio RichelmiGiuseppina Palladini
Published in: TheScientificWorldJournal (2014)
Although the underlying mechanism needs further investigation, this is the first study in which the MMP activation in a distant organ is reported; this event is probably TNF-alpha-mediated and the lung appears as the first remote organ to be involved in hepatic I/R injury.
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