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Wound repair-induced expression of a stromelysins is associated with the acquisition of a mesenchymal phenotype in human respiratory epithelial cells.
Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology - 1 Mar 1996
Buisson A C, Gilles C, Polette M, Zahm J M, Birembaut P, Tournier J M
Abstract excerpt
Wound repair involves many processes including cell migration, provisional matrix deposition, and remodeling. All of these processes are likely to be affected by matrix-modifying enzymes. Members of the matrix metalloproteinases family are physiologic mediators of the extracellular matrix degrada...
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