ArticlePakistan journal of medical sciences
Role of serum matrix metalloproteinase in the diagnosis of gastric cancer.
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- Advances in protein microarray-based proteomics for gastric cancer applications in biomarker discovery, molecular subtyping, and precision oncology.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
- Multiple data sets to explore the key molecules and mechanism of lymph node metastasis in gastric cancer.Discover oncology · 2025Article
- The effect of short-term intensive insulin therapy on inflammatory cytokines in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes.Journal of diabetes · 2022Article
- hsa_circ_0060975 is highly expressed and predicts a poor prognosis in gastric cancer.Oncology letters · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine the clinical value of a matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) antibody array in diagnosing gastric cancer (GC).
methodsIn this prospective study, serum samples of patients with GC (n=66) and non-neoplastic gastric disease (NGD; n=34) were collected between November 2017 and July 2018. The quantitative measurement of 10 MMP-related proteins was done using MMP arrays and compared between the two groups.
resultsThe serum levels of MMPs 3, 8, 9 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) 1 and 2 were significantly higher in the GC group than in the NGD group (
conclusionsThe detection of multiple serum MMPs with protein biochip technology is promising to be used as a novel non-invasive tool for facilitating early diagnosis or screening of GC.
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