[MMP-9 (gelatinase B) is recognized in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and now asthma as playing a central role in matrix degradation in injury, as well as contributing to the remodeling process.]. 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