1. Matrix metalloproteinase and tissue inhibitor expression in atherosclerotic and nonatherosclerotic thoracic aortic aneurysms 
Joseph D. Schmoker, MD, Kenneth J. McPartland, MD, Erika K. Fellinger, MD, Jon Boyum, MD, Lucy Trombley, MS, Frank P. Ittleman, MD, Christopher Terrien, MD, Andrew Stanley, MD, Alan Howard, MS 
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 
Volume 133, Issue 1, Pages (January 2007)
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2. Figure 1
Endogenous activity of MMP-2 in the atherosclerotic thoracic aortic wall relative to aortic size (R2 = 0.30, P = .004). MMP-2, Matrix metalloproteinase-2.
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