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ADAMTS-18: a metalloproteinase with multiple functions.
Frontiers in bioscience (Landmark edition) - 1 Jun 2014
Wei Jianlu, Liu Chuan-ju, Li Zongdong
Abstract excerpt
ADAMTS-18 is a member of a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs (ADAMTS) family of proteases, which are known to play important roles in development, angiogenesis and coagulation; dysregulation and mutation of these enzymes have been implicated in many disease processes, such as inflammation, cancer, arthritis and atherosclerosis. Mutations of ADAMTS-18 have been linked to abnormal early...
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