Hypertension And Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Enzyme Activity

Aysegul Bayramoglu, Meral Urhan Kucuk, Suleyman Ercan, Okay Abaci, Halil Ibrahim Guler, Yunus Kucukkaya, Mustafa Cagatay Korkmaz

Abstract


Abstract

We planned to investigate the association of enzyme activities of MMP-9 in essential hypertensive patients.

For this reason, 120 patients with hypertension and 54 control group recruited in this study. Serum MMP-9 enzyme level determinated from these peripheral blood samples by using Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay. (ELİSA) The results were evaluated by using statistical analyses. The enzyme activity of MMP-9 increased in patients.

Finally, we can say that determining of MMP-9 enzyme levels is effective on the hypertension


Keywords


Hypertension, MMP-9 Enzyme, Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Enzyme Activity

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