Activation of neutrophil collagenase by cathepsin G

Human fibroblast collagenase. Complete primary structure and homology to an oncogene transformation-induced rat protein.

1986 • 645 citations

Oxidative Autoactivation of Latent Collagenase by Human Neutrophils

1985 • 466 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

Molecular cloning of human cathepsin G: structural similarity to mast cell and cytotoxic T lymphocyte proteinases

1987 • 218 citations

Pulmonary inflammation due to oxygen toxicity: involvement of chemotactic factors and polymorphonuclear leukocytes.

1981 • 211 citations

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

1983 • 208 citations

Human α-1-antichymotrypsin: interaction with chymotrypsin-like proteinases

1978 • 174 citations

The latent collagenase and gelatinase of human polymorphonuclear neutrophil leucocytes

1980 • 168 citations

Secreted forms of human neutrophil collagenase.

1986 • 167 citations

Recombinant tumor necrosis factor/cachectin and interleukin 1 pretreatment decreases lung oxidized glutathione accumulation, lung injury, and mortality in rats exposed to hyperoxia.

1987 • 122 citations

Purification of carbon-14-labeled protocollagen and its hydroxylation by prolyl-hydroxylase

1973 • 120 citations

Retinoid inhibition of superoxide anion radical production by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes stimulated with tumor promoters

1980 • 95 citations

Human leukocyte cathepsin G. Subsite mapping with 4-nitroanilides, chemical modification, and effect of possible cofactors

1985 • 88 citations

Oxidant injury of the extracellular matrix: Potential role in the pathogenesis of pulmonary emphysema

1985 • 74 citations

Latent collagenase from human polymorphonuclear leucocytes and activation to collagenase by removal of an inhibitor

1980 • 67 citations

Ascorbate increases the synthesis of procollagen hydroxyproline by cultured fibroblasts from chick embryo tendons without activation or prolyl hydroxylase

1975 • 66 citations

Changes in the levels of glutathione in phagocytosing human neutrophils

1980 • 59 citations

The activation of latent pig synovial collagenase

1981 • 45 citations

Effects of Nitrogen Dioxide on Elastin and Collagen Contents of Lung

1979 • 36 citations

Cathepsin G degrades denatured collagen

1989 • 32 citations

Mechanisms of interaction between oxygen and granulocytes in hyperoxic lung injury

1985 • 28 citations

Purification of human neutrophil collagenase and production of a monospecific antiserum

1982 • 26 citations

A Comparative Study of Pulmonary Fibrosis Induced by Bleomycin and an O2 Metabolite Producing Enzyme System

1983 • 24 citations

Trap generation during low-fluence avalanche-electron injection in metal-oxide-silicon capacitors

1985 • 16 citations

Functional constituents of the active site of human neutrophil collagenase

1986 • 10 citations