Association of TIMP4 gene variants with steroid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head in the population of northern China
2019
Background
In clinical treatment, the use of steroid hormones is an important etiological factor of non-traumatic osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) risk. As an endogenous inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) in the extracellular matrix, the expression of tissue inhibitors of metalloprotease-4 (TIMP4) plays an essential role in cartilage and bone tissue damage and remodeling, vasculitis formation, intravascular thrombosis, and lipid metabolism.
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