HIV1+ smokers develop emphysema at an earlier age and with a higher incidence than HIV1- smokers. Based on the knowledge that human alveolar macrophages (AM) are capable of producing proteases that de
There still is a lack of specific, early markers for acute pancreatitis. We used the gene expression profiling Affimetrix mouse gene 1.0 ST arrays (Affymetrix , Inc. Santa Clara, CA), to cmpare the ge
A) MMP-3 protein expression in tumor tissue at 14 weeks of age as determined by western blotting. Quantification of 3 biological replicates per genotype, normalized to Hsc70 and compared to PyMT wild-