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SUBMITTER: Jakel L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7336459 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jäkel Lieke L Kuiperij H Bea HB Gerding Lara P LP Custers Emma E M EEM van den Berg Emma E Jolink Wilmar M T WMT Schreuder Floris H B M FHBM Küsters Benno B Klijn Catharina J M CJM Verbeek Marcel M MM
Acta neuropathologica communications 20200706 1
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is characterized by the deposition of the amyloid β (Aβ) protein in the cerebral vasculature and poses a major risk factor for the development of intracerebral haemorrhages (ICH). However, only a minority of patients with CAA develops ICH (CAA-ICH), and to date it is unclear which mechanisms determine why some patients with CAA are more susceptible to haemorrhage than others. We hypothesized that an imbalance between matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their in ...[more]