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CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 16, Issue 5, Pages 558-564Publisher
CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2004.07.010
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- NCI NIH HHS [R01 CA088858-03, CA88858, R01 CA088858] Funding Source: Medline
- NIAMS NIH HHS [AR46238, R01 AR046238-08, R01 AR046238] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDCR NIH HHS [P60 DE013058, DE13058] Funding Source: Medline
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Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are endopeptidases that contribute to growth, development and wound healing as well as to pathologies such as arthritis and cancer. Until recently, it has been thought that MMPs participate in these processes simply by degrading extracellular matrix (ECM) molecules. However, it is now clear that MMP activity is much more directed and causes the release of cryptic information from the ECM. By precisely cleaving large insoluble ECM components and ECM-associated molecules, MMPs liberate bioactive fragments and growth factors and change ECM architecture, all of which influence cellular behavior. Thus, MMPs have become a focal point for understanding matrix biology.
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