Differential temporal expression of matrix metalloproteinases after spinal cord injury: relationship to revascularization and wound healing

Staci Goussev, Jung-Yu C. Hsu, Yong Lin, Tjoson Tjoa, Nino Maida, Zena Werb, Linda J. Noble‐Haeusslein

Journal of Neurosurgery Spine · 2003 · 87 citations · 36 references

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Abstract

These findings suggest that although MMP-9 and -2 exhibit overlapping expression during revascularization, the former is associated with acute injury responses and the latter with formation of a glial scar.

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