MMP-9 is identified as a key mediator of age-related cardiac inflammation, driving macrophage polarization, fibrosis, and diastolic dysfunction.
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Hypothesis-generating for MMP-9 inhibition in age-related diastolic dysfunction; human studies needed before clinical translation.
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