[Our results may indicate an involvement of MMP2 in the pathology of PXE. The promoter polymorphisms associated with PXE may lead to increased MMP2 expression and thereby contribute to the elevated proteolytic activity observed in PXE in vitro and in vivo.]. 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