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Cleavage of osteopontin by matrix metalloproteinase-12 modulates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis disease in C57BL/6 mice.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Sept 2010
Goncalves DaSilva Angelika, Liaw Lucy, Yong V Wee
Abstract excerpt
A role for osteopontin (OPN) in promoting disease activity of multiple sclerosis or its animal model experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) has recently been suggested. As the biological activity of OPN is heavily influenced by posttranslational processing, we investigated the capacity of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-12 to cleave OPN and determined whether this influenced disease activity. We found...
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