1. Matrix metalloproteinase-13 participates in neuroprotection and neurorepair after cerebral ischemia in mice
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Feifei Ma, Pablo Martínez-San Segundo, Verónica Barceló, Anna Morancho, Marina Gabriel-Salazar, Dolors Giralt, Joan Montaner, and Anna Rosell
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Cerebral ischemia ,MMP-13 ,Angiogenesis ,Neurorepair ,Neurogenesis ,Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry ,RC321-571 - Abstract
New neuroreparative and neuroprotective therapies are being sought to treat stroke patients. One approach is the remodeling of extracellular matrix, which participates in both brain injury and neurovascular repair when matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are thought to be key players. Our aim was to investigate the role of MMP-13 (collagenase-3) in the acute (24 h and 3 days) and delayed (2 weeks) phases of stroke. Permanent and transient cerebral ischemia models involving the cortex were induced in MMP-13 knock-out (KO) and wild-type (WT) mice. In the transient model, MMP-13 deficiency reduced the amount of TTC-stained infarct tissue, reduced hemorrhagic events and improved functional outcomes (p
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- 2016
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