Over-Expression Of Tfpi-2 Promotes Atherosclerotic Plaque Stability By Inhibiting Mmps In Apoe(-/-) Mice

MMPs in apoE−/− mice Junjie Pan , Duan Ma , Feng Sun , Wang Liang , Rui Liu , Wei Shen , Huijun Wang , Yong Ji , Rui Hu , Rongle Liu , Xinping Luo ⁎, Haiming Shi a,⁎ a Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, 12 Middle Urumqi Road, Building 3, Room 1602, Shanghai, 200040, China b Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China c ICU, Nanjing Government Hospital, Nanjing, China d Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Key Laboratory of Human Functional Genomics, Atherosclerosis Research Centre, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China e Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA