Open AccessDifferences in Plasma MMPs and TIMPs Protein Expression and Chemotherapy Response in Patients with Tobacco- or Wood-Smoke-Induced Lung Cancer
Author(s) -
Georgina González-Ávila,
Javier Delgado,
Daniel Mendoza-Posada,
Bettina Sommer,
Carlos Ramos,
Arnoldo AquinoGálvez,
Catalina Camacho
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000336559
Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , matrix metalloproteinase , zymography , gelatinase , tobacco smoke , cancer , immunology , gastroenterology , environmental health
One of the risk factors associated with lung cancer in never-smoker patients is wood smoke exposure (WS). However, information about its clinical and molecular characteristics remains scant.
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