title: Plasma matrix metalloproteinase activity during the menstrual cycle of healthy ovulatory patients who underwent tubal ligation.
abstract: The plasma profiles of active metalloproteinase (MMP)-1, MMP-2, and MMP-9 levels during the normal menstrual cycle in ovulating, healthy and tubal ligated patients were studied. The active MMP-1 and MMP-9 plasma levels were found to vary in the menstrual cycle. Active MMP-2 levels, however, are constant during the menstrual cycle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women's Health, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA. maherabdallah@aol.com
authors.forename: Maher A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Abdallah
authors.forename: Steven T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Paul C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Cicek
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gercel-Taylor
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005498:Follicular Phase / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008183:Luteal Phase / Q000378:metabolism; D003341:Luteolysis / Q000378:metabolism; D020781:Matrix Metalloproteinase 1 / Q000097:blood; D020778:Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 / Q000097:blood; D020780:Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 / Q000097:blood; D020782:Matrix Metalloproteinases / Q000097:blood*; D008597:Menstrual Cycle / Q000378:metabolism*; D010060:Ovulation / Q000378:metabolism; D013246:Sterilization, Tubal
chemical_list: D020782:Matrix Metalloproteinases; D020778:Matrix Metalloproteinase 2; D020780:Matrix Metalloproteinase 9; D020781:Matrix Metalloproteinase 1