Elevated levels of matrix metalloproteinases reflect severity and extent of disease in tuberculosis-diabetes co-morbidity and are predominantly reversed following standard anti-tuberculosis or metformin treatment

Nathella Pavan Kumar,Kadar Moideen,Vijay Viswanathan,Basavaradhya S. Shruthi,Shanmugam Sivakumar,Pradeep A. Menon,Hardy Kornfeld,Subash Babu

Elevated levels of matrix metalloproteinases reflect severity and extent of disease in tuberculosis-diabetes co-morbidity and are predominantly reversed following standard anti-tuberculosis or metformin treatment

2018

Nathella Pavan Kumar
Kadar Moideen
Vijay Viswanathan
Basavaradhya S. Shruthi
Shanmugam Sivakumar
Pradeep A. Menon
Hardy Kornfeld
Subash Babu

Background Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are considered to be key mediators of tuberculosis (TB) pathology but their role in tuberculosis – diabetes comorbidity (TB-DM) is not well understood.

Keywords:

Pathology
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Medical microbiology
Comorbidity
Metformin
Tropical medicine
Medicine
Disease
Tuberculosis
Diabetes mellitus
Gastroenterology
Internal medicine
Matrix metalloproteinase
co morbidity
extent of disease

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