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The Diverse Roles of TIMP-3: Insights into Degenerative Diseases of the Senescent Retina and Brain.
Cells - 21 Dec 2019
Dewing Jennifer M, Carare Roxana O, Lotery Andrew J, Ratnayaka J Arjuna
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Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-3 (TIMP-3) is a component of the extracellular environment, where it mediates diverse processes including matrix regulation/turnover, inflammation and angiogenesis. Rare TIMP-3 risk alleles and mutations are directly linked with retinopathies such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and Sorsby fundus dystrophy, and potentially, through indirect mechanisms, with...
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