title: Matrix metalloproteinases 7 and 9 and their types 1 and 4 tissue inhibitors in tumors and plasma of patients with colorectal cancer.
abstract: Enzyme immunoassays showed significantly elevated content of matrix metalloproteinase 7 and type 1 tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases in tumors compared to adjacent histologically unchanged mucosa of patients with colorectal cancer; the levels of metalloproteinase 9 and type 4 tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases were virtually the same in the tumors and mucosa. Plasma concentrations of the studied proteins did not correlate with their levels in the tumor, did not surpass the normal, and did not decease after removal of the primary tumor in the majority of patients.
authors.affiliation: N. N. Blokhin National Cncer Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow. esgershtein@gmail.com
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Gershtein
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Korotkova
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Shcherbakov
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Prorokov
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Golovkov
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Kushlinskii
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020783:Matrix Metalloproteinase 7 / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D020780:Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D019715:Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1 / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D019714:Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D019715:Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1; D019714:Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases; C060932:MMP7 protein, human; D020783:Matrix Metalloproteinase 7; D020780:Matrix Metalloproteinase 9