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Matrix metalloproteinase can facilitate the heparanase-induced promotion of phenotype change in vascular smooth muscle cells.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Jul 1999
Fitzgerald M, Hayward I P, Thomas A C, Campbell G R, Campbell J H
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies from this laboratory have shown that degradation of heparan sulphate proteoglycan by both living macrophages and macrophage lysosomal heparanase induces phenotypic change of vascular smooth muscle cells (SMC) from a high volume fraction of myofilaments (V(v)myo) to a low V(v)myo [Campbell et al. Exp Cell Res 1992; 200: 156-167]. The aim of this study was to determine whether matrix...
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