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SUBMITTER: Iyer S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1885970 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Iyer Shalini S Visse Robert R Nagase Hideaki H Acharya K Ravi KR
Journal of molecular biology 20060804 1
The extracellular matrix is a dynamic environment that constantly undergoes remodelling and degradation during vital physiological processes such as angiogenesis, wound healing, and development. Unbalanced extracellular matrix breakdown is associated with many diseases such as arthritis, cancer and fibrosis. Interstitial collagen is degraded by matrix metalloproteinases with collagenolytic activity by MMP-1, MMP-8 and MMP-13, collectively known as the collagenases. Matrix metalloproteinase 1 (MM ...[more]