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Critical roles for collagenase-3 (Mmp13) in development of growth plate cartilage and in endochondral ossification.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 7 Dec 2004
Inada Masaki, Wang Yingmin, Byrne Michael H, Rahman Mahboob U, Miyaura Chisato, López-Otín Carlos, Krane Stephen M
Abstract excerpt
Collagenase-3 (MMP13), a member of the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) family of neutral endopeptidases, is expressed in the skeleton during embryonic development and is highly overexpressed in human carcinomas and in chondrocytes and synovial cells in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. To determine the functional roles of Mmp13, we generated Mmp13-null mice that showed profound defects in growth plate...
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