Journal: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Article Title: Concentration of Selected Metalloproteinases and Osteocalcin in the Serum and Synovial Fluid of Obese Women with Advanced Knee Osteoarthritis
doi: 10.3390/ijerph19063530
Figure Lengend Snippet: The correlation between the level of studied MMPs, osteocalcin, and KSS clinical and functional scales.
Article Snippet: For the evaluation of the concentrations of pro-MMP1, MMP3, MMP9, pro-MMP13, and OC, the following commercial ELISA kits were used: human pro-MMP-1 Quantikine ELISA Kit (R&D System DMP100), human MMP-9 Quantikine ELISA Kit (R&D System DMP900), human total MMP-3 Quantikine ELISA Kit (R&D System DMP300), human pro-MMP-13 Quantikine ELISA Kit (R&D System DM1300), and human osteocalcin Quantikine ELISA Kit (R&D System DSTCN0).
Techniques: Functional Assay