What are MMP's?

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Please spell out what MMPs are for me? thanks, Alice

Rich and Carol,

Kudos to both of you for seeing what others have not with the

quinolone or fluoroquinolones.

I hope both of you will take a look at this article which is a summary

of a new book just out, " The Potbelly Syndrome. "

http://www.potbellysyndrome.com/pbs_summary.pdf

Don't concern yourselves with the obesity issue. Just look at the flow

chart of chronic infection leading to major health problems. There is

another article at the website called " Factoids " which gives even

more

details on this researcch.

I would love to know what you think and how this fits in with your

methylation cycle block concept. Dr. Marin is referring folks to Dr.

Chuck Stratton and Dr. Whelon's protocols for c. pneumoniae. These

protocols involve relatively safe antibiotics to be used for about 3

years.

Carol, forgive me if you have posted this before, but would you post

any information or links to your information on the use of garlic

instead of antibiotics.

Thanks,

a Carnes

>

> Hi, Carol.

>

> Yes, MMPs do become activated in the fluoroquinolone damage process,

> based on the work of Corps et al., 2002. The paper I cited before

> suggests that the reactive oxygen species activate the MMPs, based on

> the work of Brenneisssen et al., 1997 (PMID: 8981044). It appears

> from this work that the reactive oxygen species are upstream of the

> MMPs in the cause-effect sequence in this pathogenesis. So I suspect

> that if the reactive oxygen species can be eliminated by glutathione,

> the MMPs will not be activated.

>

> Rich

>

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