Serum or plasma samples? The "Cinderella" role of blood collection procedures: preanalytical methodological issues influence the release and activity of circulating matrix metalloproteinases and their tissue inhibitors, hampering diagnostic trueness and leading to misinterpretation
- PMID: 18354094
- DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.107.159608
Serum or plasma samples? The "Cinderella" role of blood collection procedures: preanalytical methodological issues influence the release and activity of circulating matrix metalloproteinases and their tissue inhibitors, hampering diagnostic trueness and leading to misinterpretation
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Matrix metalloproteinase-8 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 in serum do not reflect the analytes circulating in blood.Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2008 Mar;28(3):e15-6; author reply e17. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.107.158790. Epub 2007 Nov 29. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2008. PMID: 18048765 No abstract available.
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