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Expression levels and association of gelatinases MMP-2 and MMP-9 and collagenases MMP-1 and MMP-13 with VEGF in synovial fluid of patients with arthritis

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This study was performed to provide evidence, albeit indirectly, as to which matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), among the gelatinases MMP-2 and MMP-9 and the collagenases MMP-1 and MMP-13, play a more proactive role in the angiogenic process in arthritic joint. Joint fluid was collected from 33 patients with rhuematoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA), and protein (MMPs and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)) levels were measured by ELISA, and the association of MMPs with VEGF was evaluated in joint fluid of patients with RA or OA. The levels of collagenases (total MMP-1 and total MMP-13) and gelatinases (total MMP-2 and total MMP-9) in RA joint fluid were significantly higher than those in OA fluid. Total MMP-9 levels were significantly associated with VEGF levels in RA fluids, but not in OA fluid, while total MMP-13 levels were strongly associated with VEGF levels in both RA and OA fluid. However, total MMP-2 and total MMP-1 levels were not associated with VEGF levels in either RA or OA joint fluid. Our results indirectly suggest that in RA and OA, MMP-9 and MMP-13 may play a more important role in angiogenesis than MMP-2 and MMP-1.

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This work was supported by a research grant from the Kyung Hee University in 2009 (KHU-20100134).

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  1. East–West Bone and Joint Research Institute, East–West Neo Medical Center, Kyung Hee University, 149 Sangil-dong, Gangdong-gu, Seoul, 134-727, Republic of Korea

    Kyoung Soo Kim, Hyun Mi Choi & Myung Chul Yoo

  2. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Hoeggi-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, 130-702, Republic of Korea

    Yeon-Ah Lee, In Ah Choi & Seung-Jae Hong

  3. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, East–West Neo Medical Center, Kyung Hee University, 149 Sangil-dong, Gangdong-gu, Seoul, 134-727, Republic of Korea

    Sang-Hoon Lee & Hyung-In Yang

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Kim, K.S., Choi, H.M., Lee, YA. et al. Expression levels and association of gelatinases MMP-2 and MMP-9 and collagenases MMP-1 and MMP-13 with VEGF in synovial fluid of patients with arthritis. Rheumatol Int 31, 543–547 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-010-1592-1

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