Matrix metalloproteases in vernal keratoconjunctivitis, nasal polyps and allergic asthma

Abstract

Expression of metalloproteases may play an important role in inducing the structural changes seen in VKC, nasal polyps and asthma. Tissue remodelling and gelatinase immunoexpression was more dramatic in giant papillae of vernal patients compared with other tissue sites of chronic allergic inflammation.