Melittin has an inhibitory effect on TNF-α-induced migration of human aortic smooth muscle cells by blocking the MMP-9 expression.

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Published in Food Chem Toxicol on August 19, 2012

Authors

Yun-Jeong Jeong1, Hyun-Ji Cho, Key Whang, In-Seon Lee, Kwan-Kyu Park, Jung-Yoon Choe, Sang-Mi Han, Cheorl-Ho Kim, Hyeun-Wook Chang, Sung-Kwon Moon, Wun-Jae Kim, Yung Hyun Choi, Young-Chae Chang

Author Affiliations

1: Research Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu 705-718, Republic of Korea.

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