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Regulation of elastin promoter by lysyl oxidase and growth factors: cross control of lysyl oxidase on TGF-beta1 effects.
Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology - 1 Jul 2007
Oleggini Roberta, Gastaldo Nicoletta, Di Donato Armando
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Lysyl oxidase (LOX) plays a key role in the maturation of the extra-cellular matrix, by inducing the formation of lysyl cross-links in collagen and elastin molecules. Beside its enzymic activity, LOX is able to regulate the promoter of collagen III, one of its natural substrates. In this paper we demonstrated that LOX regulates also the promoter of elastin, inducing an important activation of its activity. In...
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