A potential key mechanism in ascending aortic aneurysm development: Detection of a linear relationship between MMP-14/TIMP-2 ratio and active MMP-2

• Ramona Schmitt ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: ramona.schmitt@uniklinik-freiburg.de

  Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart Center Freiburg–Bad Krozingen, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1138-2978

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• Anke Tscheuschler,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart Center Freiburg–Bad Krozingen, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

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• Philipp Laschinski,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart Center Freiburg–Bad Krozingen, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

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• Xenia Uffelmann,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart Center Freiburg–Bad Krozingen, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

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• Philipp Discher,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart Center Freiburg–Bad Krozingen, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

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• Jana Fuchs,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart Center Freiburg–Bad Krozingen, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

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• Maximilian Kreibich,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart Center Freiburg–Bad Krozingen, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

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• Remi Peyronnet,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University Heart Center Freiburg—Bad Krozingen, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

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• Fabian A. Kari

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart Center Freiburg–Bad Krozingen, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

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