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SUBMITTER: Knapinska AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6930605 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Knapinska Anna M AM Hart Melissa M Drotleff Gary G Fields Gregg B GB
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20191128 23
Triple-helical peptide inhibitors (THPIs) of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) have recently been demonstrated to be effective in a variety of animal models of disease, coincidental with knockout studies. However, passenger mutations have been described in MMP knockout mice that impact the activity of other proteins, including caspase-11. Thus, it is possible that the results observed with THPIs may be based on inhibition of caspase-11, not MMPs. The present study evaluated whether THPIs were cro ...[more]