The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health awarded a research grant(Award Number:R01NS102573)to study the role of MMP-12 in ischaemic stroke.
This article focuses on the emerging role of matrix metalloproteinase-12(MMP-12)in ischaemic stroke(IS).MMP-12 expression in the brain increases dramatically in animal models of IS,and its suppression reduces brain da...