COPD
However, it remained uncertain how cigarette smoke induced MMP-9 and how simvastatin inhibited cigarette smoke-induced MMP-9 expression in alveolar macrophages (AMs), a major source of MMP-9 in the lungs of COPD patients.
However, it remained uncertain how cigarette smoke induced <span class="gene" id="19299917-3-59-64">MMP-9</span> and how simvastatin inhibited cigarette smoke-induced <span class="gene" id="19299917-3-119-124">MMP-9</span> expression in alveolar macrophages (AMs), a major source of <span class="gene" id="19299917-3-185-190">MMP-9</span> in the lungs of <span class="disease" id="19299917-3-207-211">COPD</span> patients.