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Matrix metalloproteinase-12 deficiency attenuates experimental crescentic anti-glomerular basement membrane glomerulonephritis.
Nephrology (Carlton, Vic.) - 1 Feb 2018
Abraham Abu P, Ma Frank Y, Mulley William R, Nikolic-Paterson David J, Tesch Greg H
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AIM: Matrix metalloproteinase-12 (MMP-12; macrophage elastase) is an enzyme that can cleave various extracellular matrix proteins and is required for macrophage infiltration and pulmonary fibrosis in experimental emphysema. We have shown previously that MMP-12 is highly up-regulated in experimental anti-glomerular basement membrane (GBM) disease. The aim of this study was to determine whether MMP-12 is required...
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