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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurochem. 2009 Feb;108(3):811–820. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2008.05821.x

Figure 3.

Figure 3

MMP-9 induction in the ischemic cerebral microvessels isolated from the normoxic rats after 90-min MCAO with 3-hr reperfusion. A) In situ zymography showing gelatinolytic activity of MMP-2/9 in isolated nonischemic and ischemic hemispheric microvessels. Increased gelatinolytic activities in the ischemic microvessels are shown by brighter or condensed fluorescence (arrowhead). B) Representative gelatin zymogram showing the expression of MMP-2/9 in nonischemic (Non-I) and ischemic (I) microvessels. 92 kDa proform of MMP-9 was increased in the ischemic hemispheric microvessels, while no MMP-2 was observed. STD is a mixture of standard MMP-2/9.