PMID-sentid Pub_year Sent_text comp_official_name comp_offsetprotein_name organism prot_offset 27072679-9 2016 Ethyl pyruvate treatment also prevented disruption of tight junction proteins (occluding and claudin-5) and reduced expression of MMP-9. ethyl pyruvate 0-14 matrix metallopeptidase 9 Rattus norvegicus 130-135 25533312-11 2015 CONCLUSION: Ethyl pyruvate confers long-term neuroprotection against TBI, possibly through breaking the vicious cycle among MMP-9-mediated BBB disruption, neuroinflammation, and long-lasting brain damage. ethyl pyruvate 12-26 matrix metallopeptidase 9 Rattus norvegicus 124-129