Retrovirus-mediated Gene Delivery of TIMP-2 Inhibits Invasiveness, Motility and Angiogenesis

  • 발행 : 2003.10.01

초록

The matrix metalloproteases (MMPs) play important roles in invasion, metastasis and angiogenesis in various cell types. An endogenous inhibitor of MMP, tissue inhibitor of metalloprotease-2 (TIMP-2), has high specificity for MMP-2. An imbalance between MMP-2 and TIMP-2 causes the degradation of the extracellular matrix associated with pathological events including invasion, metastasis and angiogenesis.(omitted)

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