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Association of the MMP-3 5A/6A gene polymorphism with multiple sclerosis in patients from Serbia

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of the Neurological Sciences, October 2007
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Title
Association of the MMP-3 5A/6A gene polymorphism with multiple sclerosis in patients from Serbia
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Journal of the Neurological Sciences, October 2007
DOI 10.1016/j.jns.2007.09.037
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Tamara Djurić, Maja Živković, Aleksandra Stanković, Evica Dinčić, Ranko Raičević, Dragan Alavantić

Abstract

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are proteolytic enzymes involved in remodeling of the extracellular matrix. MMPs are suggested to play a role in the influx of inflammatory cells into the CNS, disruption of the blood brain barrier, and to degrade myelin in vitro. In this study, we have investigated the possible association of MMP-3 5A/6A gene polymorphism with MS susceptibility and/or severity in patients from Serbia. A total of 184 MS patients (150 RR, 34 SP) and 236 controls have been studied. Results show that the distribution of MMP-3 5A/6A genotype frequencies between MS patients and controls were not significantly different. In bout onset patients, carriers of MMP-3 6A/6A genotype had significantly higher mean MSSS values compared to the carriers of 5A allele (6.29+/-1.89 vs. 5.29+/-2.62, respectively, ANCOVA, p=0.01 Scheffe post-hoc test). In conclusion, our results indicate association of MMP-3 6A/6A genotype with significantly higher mean MSSS values. Thus, the obtained results suggest that it should be carefully considered during follow up of patients with MS. Further genetic and functional studies are needed to resolve the complex role of MMPs and their tissue inhibitors in MS pathology and/or regeneration.

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Geographical breakdown

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Unknown 20 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Professor 4 20%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 20%
Researcher 3 15%
Student > Bachelor 2 10%
Professor > Associate Professor 2 10%
Other 3 15%
Unknown 2 10%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 5 25%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 20%
Neuroscience 3 15%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 10%
Materials Science 1 5%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 5 25%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 September 2014.
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#5,446,210
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Outputs from Journal of the Neurological Sciences
#1,098
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#16,083
of 88,284 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of the Neurological Sciences
#4
of 18 outputs
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