| Literature DB >> 27069322 |
Seema Bhargava1, Meghaa Shanta Bhargava2, Eishaan Kamta Bhargava3, L M Srivastava1.
Abstract
Hyperhomocysteinemia (HHCY) has been demonstrated to affect cochlear microvasculature as well as cochlear epithelial cells directly, with a resultant alteration of the expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their inhibitors, tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs). Hence, ascertaining the optimum concentration of MMPs and TIMPs in the cochlea could help to inhibit hearing loss due to HHCY by the administration of appropriate MMP inhibitors, Since infections/inflammations as well as ototoxic antibiotics have a similar mechanism of otic pathology, the cochlear damage they cause could also be similarly prevented.Entities:
Keywords: Cochlea; Hearing loss; Hyperhomocysteinemia; MMPs; TIMPs
Year: 2015 PMID: 27069322 PMCID: PMC4820424 DOI: 10.1007/s12291-015-0505-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Indian J Clin Biochem ISSN: 0970-1915