Procollagenase activator produced by rabbit uterine cervical fibroblasts

Cleavage of Structural Proteins during the Assembly of the Head of Bacteriophage T4

1970 • 253,849 citations

Short-Term Effects of Nose-Only Cigarette Smoke Exposure on Glutathione Redox Homeostasis, Cytochrome P450 1A1/2 and Respiratory Enzyme Activities in Mice Tissues

2013 • 47,043 citations

Endogenous Activation of Latent Collagenase by Rheumatoid Synovial Cells

1977 • 686 citations

Biochemical and immunological characterization of the secreted forms of human neutrophil gelatinase.

1985 • 625 citations

Further studies on the activation of procollagenase, the latent precursor of bone collagenase. Effects of lysosomal cathepsin B, plasmin and kallikrein, and spontaneous activation

1977 • 389 citations

Purification of rabbit bone inhibitor of collagenase

1981 • 352 citations

A rapid and reproducible assay for collagenase using [1-14C]acetylated collagen

1979 • 350 citations

Collagenases

1974 • 303 citations

Degradation of type IV (basement membrane) collagen by a proteinase isolated from human polymorphonuclear leukocyte granules.

1980 • 279 citations

Collagenase production by human skin fibroblasts

1975 • 256 citations

An endopeptidase from rheumatoid synovial tissue culture

1972 • 252 citations

Purification and characterization of a murine basement membrane collagen-degrading enzyme secreted by metastatic tumor cells.

1983 • 245 citations

Human skin fibroblast collagenase inhibitor. Comparative studies in human connective tissues, serum, and amniotic fluid.

1983 • 231 citations

Purification and characterization of a rabbit bone metalloproteinase that degrades proteoglycan and other connective-tissue components

1983 • 222 citations

Biosynthesis of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases by human fibroblasts in culture. Stimulation by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate and interleukin 1 in parallel with collagenase.

1985 • 220 citations

Human skin fibroblast procollagenase: mechanisms of activation by organomercurials and trypsin

1983 • 208 citations

Purification and characterization of a bone metalloproteinase that degrades gelatin and types IV and V collagen

1985 • 195 citations

Regulation of the Mammalian Collagenases

1984 • 194 citations

Characterization of the procollagen IV cleavage products produced by a specific tumor collagenase.

1984 • 178 citations

Cleavage of type II and III collagens with mammalian collagenase: site of cleavage and primary structure at the amino-terminal portion of the smaller fragment released from both collagens

1976 • 171 citations

Purification and properties of a gelatin-specific neutral protease from human skin.

1981 • 169 citations

Specific cleavage of human type III collagen by human polymorphonuclear leukocyte elastase.

1980 • 159 citations

Small molecular weight β1 serum protein which specifically inhibits human collagenases

1976 • 147 citations

Synthetic substrates for vertebrate collagenase

1977 • 142 citations

Purification of an endogenous activator of procollagenase from rabbit synovial fibroblast culture medium.

1983 • 134 citations

Presence of a gelatin-specific proteinase and its latent form in human leucocytes

1974 • 127 citations

Inhibition of human skin collagenase by human serum.

1970 • 109 citations

The gelatinolytic activity of human skin fibroblast collagenase.

1982 • 105 citations

Evidence for the Presence of a Complex of Collagenase with α2-Macroglobulin in Human Rheumatoid Synovial Fluid

1973 • 77 citations

Collagenase in Normal and Pathological Connective Tissues

1980 • 74 citations

Identification of plasma kallikrein as an activator of latent collagenase in rheumatoid synovial fluid

1982 • 73 citations

Vertebrate collagenase: Further characterization and the significance of its latent form in vivo

1973 • 63 citations

Activation of fibroblast procollagenase by mast cell proteases

1976 • 62 citations

The change in solubility of type I collagen in human uterine cervix in pregnancy at term

1979 • 58 citations

Multiple steps in the activation of the inactive precursor of bone collagenase by trypsin

1972 • 57 citations

Changes in the human uterine cervical collagenase with special reference to cervical ripening

1979 • 56 citations

Human Leucocyte Neutral Proteases, with Special Reference to Collagen Metabolism1

1978 • 55 citations

Characterization of Collagenase, other Metallo-Proteinases and An Inhibitor (Timp) Produced by Human Synovium and Cartilage in Culture

1981 • 55 citations

Entrapment of collagen in a polyacrylamide matrix and its application in the purification of animal collagenases

1972 • 47 citations

The activation of latent pig synovial collagenase

1981 • 45 citations

Glycosaminoglycans of human uterine cervix: Heparan sulfate increase with reference to cervical ripening

1980 • 42 citations

The gelatinolytic activity of rat uterus collagenase.

1985 • 39 citations

Autoregulation of collagenase production by a protein synthesized and secreted by synovial fibroblasts: cellular mechanism for control of collagen degradation.

1985 • 35 citations

Effects of dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate on the production of collagenase and gelatinolytic metalloproteinase by rabbit uterine cervical cells in primary cultures.

1986 • 33 citations

The stoichiometric activation of human skin fibroblast pro-collagenase by factors present in human skin and rat uterus

1981 • 29 citations

The Existing Forms of Collagenase in the Human Uterine Cervix

1980 • 25 citations

Partial Purification and Characterization of Gelatinase and Metal Dependent Peptidase from Rabbit Uterus and Their Synergistic Action on Gelatin In Vitro

1983 • 17 citations

An alkaline metallo-proteinase in the human uterine cervix and changes in its activity by cervical ripening

1981 • 11 citations