Figure 4From: Aortic dissection associated with cogans's syndrome: deleterious loss of vascular structural integrity is associated with GM-CSF overstimulation in macrophages and smooth muscle cells Expression of collagenolytic MMPs as demonstrated by RT-PCR analyses. Our data show a strong upregulation of the mRNA expression of collagenase (MMP1) and both gelatinases (MMP2 and MMP9) (CSx) compared with controls (ctrl).Back to article page