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Disease Markers
Volume 2017, Article ID 6198526, 16 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/6198526
Research Article

Role of MMP-1 (-519A/G, -1607 1G/2G), MMP-3 (Lys45Glu), MMP-7 (-181A/G), and MMP-12 (-82A/G) Variants and Plasma MMP Levels on Obesity-Related Phenotypes and Microvascular Reactivity in a Tunisian Population

Soumaya Boumiza,1,2 Sarra Bchir,1 Hela ben Nasr,1,3 Ammar Abbassi,1,4 Marie-Paule Jacob,5 Xavier Norel,5 Zouhair Tabka,1 and Karim Chahed1,6

1Unité de recherche UR12ES06, Physiologie de l’Exercice et Physiopathologie: de l’Intégré au Moléculaire “Biologie, Médecine et Santé,” Faculté de Médecine de Sousse, Université de Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia
2Faculté des Sciences de Bizerte, Université de Carthage, Bizerte, Tunisia
3Institut des Sciences Infirmières, Sousse, Tunisia
4District Medical du Centre, CNAM, Sousse, Tunisia
5Laboratory for Vascular Translational Science (LVTS), INSERM U1148, CHU X. Bichat, 46 rue Henri Huchard, 75877 Paris Cedex 18, France
6Faculté des Sciences de Sfax, Université de Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

Correspondence should be addressed to Soumaya Boumiza; moc.liamg@azimuob.ayamuos

Received 2 July 2017; Revised 4 October 2017; Accepted 19 October 2017; Published 26 November 2017

Academic Editor: Michele Malaguarnera

Copyright © 2017 Soumaya Boumiza et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Supplementary Material

Supplementary file 1. Estimated haplotype frequencies of MMP-1, MMP-3, MMP-7 and MMP-12 polymorphisms in obese and non-obese subjects.

  1. Supplementary material