[Increase of pro-MMP-9 circulating in the blood of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients may link to a primary pathogenetic mechanism, while elevated pro-MMP-9 levels may also rise as a consequence of secondary nerve and muscle damage in ALS.]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature.
DisGeNET evidence - LITERATURE