Open Access

ARTICLE

Identifying and validating MMP family members (MMP2, MMP9, MMP12, and MMP16) as therapeutic targets and biomarkers in kidney renal clear cell carcinoma (KIRC)

KUNLUN LI¹, DANDAN LI², BARBOD HAFEZ^3,*, MOUNIR M. SALEM BEKHIT⁴, YOUSEF A. BIN JARDAN⁴, FARS KAED ALANAZI⁴, EHAB I. TAHA⁴, SAYED H. AUDA⁴, FAIQAH RAMZAN^5,*, MUHAMMAD JAMIL⁶

1 The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
2 Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang, China
3 Department of Biological Engineering, University of Salford, Salford, UK
4 Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
5 Department of Animal and Poultry Production, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan
6 Department of Arid Zone Research, PARC institute, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan

* Corresponding Authors: BARBOD HAFEZ. Email: ; FAIQAH RAMZAN. Email: