Enhanced expression of two discrete isoforms of matrix metalloproteinase-2 in experimental and human diabetic nephropathy

• Sang Soo Kim ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sang Soo Kim, Nari Shin

  Affiliation Biomedical Research Institute and Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea

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• Nari Shin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sang Soo Kim, Nari Shin

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Gyeongnam, Republic of Korea

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• Sun Sik Bae,

  Affiliation MRC for Ischemic Tissue Regeneration, Medical Research Institute, and Department of Phamacology, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Yangsan, Republic of Korea

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• Min Young Lee,

  Affiliation Biomedical Research Institute and Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea

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• Harin Rhee,

  Affiliation Biomedical Research Institute and Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea

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• Il Young Kim,

  Affiliation Research Institute for Convergence of Biomedical Science and Technology and Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Gyeongnam, Republic of Korea

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• Eun Young Seong,

  Affiliation Biomedical Research Institute and Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea

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• Dong Won Lee,

  Affiliation Research Institute for Convergence of Biomedical Science and Technology and Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Gyeongnam, Republic of Korea

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• Soo Bong Lee,

  Affiliation Research Institute for Convergence of Biomedical Science and Technology and Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Gyeongnam, Republic of Korea

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• Ihm Soo Kwak,

  Affiliation Biomedical Research Institute and Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea

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• David H. Lovett,

  Affiliation The Department of Medicine, San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center/University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Sang Heon Song

  * E-mail: shsong0209@gmail.com

  Affiliation Biomedical Research Institute and Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8218-6974

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