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Human ageing impairs injury-inducedin vivo expression of tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases (TIMP)-1 and -2 proteins and mRNA
1 Oct 1997
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Proteolysis is an essential component of wound healing but, if uncontrolled, it may lead to degradation of the neo-matrix and a delay in wound repair. Despite numerous reports of impaired wound healing associated with increasing age, the control of proteolysis is completely unknown. Tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases (TIMP)-1 and -2 inhibit the activity of matrix metalloproteinases and the pattern of...
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