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Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-4 instigates apoptosis in transformed cardiac fibroblasts.
Journal of cellular biochemistry - 1 Jan 2001
Tummalapalli C M, Heath B J, Tyagi S C
Abstract excerpt
Tumor cells become malignant, in part, because of their activation of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and inactivation of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMPs). Myocardial tumors are rarely malignant. This raises the possibility that the MMPs and TIMPs are differentially regulated in the heart compared to other tissues. Therefore, we hypothesized that a tissue specific tumor suppressor exists in the...
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