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Epithelial integrity is maintained by a matriptase-dependent proteolytic pathway.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Oct 2009
List Karin, Kosa Peter, Szabo Roman, Bey Alexandra L, Wang Chao Becky, Molinolo Alfredo, Bugge Thomas H
Abstract excerpt
A pericellular proteolytic pathway initiated by the transmembrane serine protease matriptase plays a critical role in the terminal differentiation of epidermal tissues. Matriptase is constitutively expressed in multiple other epithelia, suggesting a putative role of this membrane serine protease in general epithelial homeostasis. Here we generated mice with conditional deletion of the St14 gene, encoding...
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