Endometase/matrilysin-2 in human breast ductal carcinoma in situ and its inhibition by tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases-2 and -4: a putative role in the initiation of breast cancer invasion.
Zhao YG, Xiao AZ, Park HI, Newcomer RG, Yan M, Man YG, Heffelfinger SC, Sang QX.
Zhao YG, et al.
Cancer Res. 2004 Jan 15;64(2):590-8. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-03-1932.
Cancer Res. 2004.
PMID: 14744773
We previously reported that human endometase/matrilysin-2/matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) 26-mediated pro-gelatinase B (MMP-9) activation promoted invasion of human prostate carcinoma cells by dissolving basement membrane proteins (Y. G. Zhao et al., J. Biol. Chem., …
We previously reported that human endometase/matrilysin-2/matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) 26-mediated pro-gelatinase B (MMP-9) activation pro …