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Effects of calcium hydroxide and N-acetylcysteine on MMP-2, MMP-9, TIMP-1 and TIMP-2 in LPS-stimulated macrophage cell lines

2018    Astantas, Eda Ezgi; Aksoy, Yasemin; Ulum, Yeliz Zulfiye Akkaya; Ceyhan, Deniz; Peynircioglu, Banu; Buzoglu, Hatice Dogan

Aim: This study was evaluated the effects of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) and calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)(2)) on the expression levels of matrix metalloproteinase -2, -9 (MMP-2, -9) and tissue inhibitor metalloproteinase -1, -2 (TIMP-1, -2) in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated human macrophages.