The evaluation of procollagen I synthesis, and IL-6 and TIMP-1 production were assessed by ELISA with the Human Pro-Collagen I alpha 1 ELISA kit (#ab210966, Abcam, Waltham, MA, USA), the Human IL-6 ELISA kit (#ab178013, Abcam, Waltham, MA, USA) and the Human TIMP1 ELISA kit (#ab187394, Abcam, Waltham, MA, USA), while MMP-1 activity was evaluated with the Human Active MMP-1 Fluorokine E Kit (#F1M00, R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA) according to the manufacturer's instructions
doi:10.1016/j.comppsych.2012.12.009
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