Tumor cell contact mediated transcriptional activation of the fibroblast matrix metalloproteinase-9 gene: involvement of multiple transcription factors including Ets and an alternating purine-pyrimidine repeat.

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The 92-kDa type IV collagenase (MMP-9) is a metalloproteinase frequently localized in both tumor stroma and in tumor cells, particularly at the tumor invasion front. To explore the factors regulating transcriptional activation of MMP-9 in stromal cells, we used a model system in which fibroblast MMP-9 expression can be upregulated by cell-cell contact with metastatic transformed rat embryo cells. Using transient...

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