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SUBMITTER: Mak IW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3065034 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mak Isabella W Y IW Turcotte Robert E RE Popovic Snezana S Singh Gurmit G Ghert Michelle M
Biochemistry research international 20110227
Matrix-metalloproteinase-13 (MMP-13) has been shown to be an important protease in inflammatory and neoplastic conditions of the skeletal system. In particular, the stromal cells of giant cell tumor of bone (GCT) express very high levels of MMP-13 in response to the cytokine-rich environment of the tumor. We have previously shown that MMP-13 expression in these cells is regulated, at least in part, by the RUNX2 transcription factor. In the current study, we identify the expression of the c-Fos a ...[more]