Basic Cardiology

Reduced MMP-2 activity contributes to cardiac fibrosis in experimental diabetic cardiomyopathy

Extracellular Matrix / BASIC / Real-time RT-PCR / Diabetes mellitus / Collagen / Animals / Male / Digital Image Analysis / Fibrosis / mRna expression levels / Rats / Myocardium / Time Dependent / Diabetes complications / Western blot / Protein Expression / Transforming Growth Factor Beta / Ischemic Heart Disease / Basic Cardiology / Cardiomyopathies / Streptozotocin / Digital Image / Diabetic Rat / Left Ventricle / Matrix Metalloproteinase / Animals / Male / Digital Image Analysis / Fibrosis / mRna expression levels / Rats / Myocardium / Time Dependent / Diabetes complications / Western blot / Protein Expression / Transforming Growth Factor Beta / Ischemic Heart Disease / Basic Cardiology / Cardiomyopathies / Streptozotocin / Digital Image / Diabetic Rat / Left Ventricle / Matrix Metalloproteinase