Publications by authors named "Dong-Yu Zang"

Matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1) plays an important role in the breakdown of extracellular matrix and mediates pathways of apoptosis, angiogenesis, and immunity. It has been demonstrated that MMP-1 overexpression is associated with tumor initiation, invasion, and metastasis. Many studies have investigated the association between MMP1-1607 1G/2G polymorphism and lung cancer risk, but the impact of MMP1-1607 1G/2G polymorphism on lung cancer is unclear owing to the obvious inconsistence among those studies.

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