Collagenase: Current Concepts and Relevance to Periodontal Disease

COLLAGENOLYTIC ACTIVITY IN AMPHIBIAN TISSUES: A TISSUE CULTURE ASSAY

1962 • 1,275 citations

Collagen Polymorphism: Characterization of Molecules with the Chain Composition [α1(III)] ₃ in Human Tissues

1974 • 524 citations

Tadpole Collagenase. Preparation and Purification^*

1966 • 390 citations

Specific degradation of the collagen molecule by tadpole collagenolytic enzyme.

1965 • 339 citations

Collagenase Production by Endotoxin-Activated Macrophages

1974 • 303 citations

Degradation of collagen by a human granulocyte collagenolytic system

1968 • 298 citations

Collagenase Production by Lymphokine-Activated Macrophages

1975 • 269 citations

Some Properties of the Products of Reaction of Tadpole Collagenase with Collagen^*

1967 • 246 citations

Human Collagenase: Identification and Characterization of an Enzyme from Rheumatoid Synovium in Culture

1967 • 197 citations

Studies on the Structure of Collagen Utilizing a Collagenolytic Enzyme from Tadpole^*

1966 • 169 citations

Collagenolytic Activity in Gingivae of Man

1966 • 166 citations

A Review of Biochemical Studies on the Genetically Distinct Collagens of the Skeletal System

1973 • 151 citations

The Origin of Collagenase in Periodontal Tissues of Man

1969 • 121 citations

Mammalian collagenase: Direct demonstration in homogenates of involuting rat uterus

1971 • 118 citations

A collagenolytic factor in rat bone promoted by parathyroid extract

1964 • 118 citations

Human Skin Collagenase: Localization and Distribution in Normal Human Skin

1969 • 112 citations

Human Skin Collagenase. The Role of Serum Alpha-Globulins in the Control of Activity In Vivo and In Vitro

1971 • 107 citations

Activation of leucocyte collagenase proenzyme by rheumatoid synovial fluid

1972 • 93 citations

Collagenase: Localization in Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte Granules in the Rabbit

1972 • 89 citations

Collagenolytic Activity of Alkali-Burned Corneas

1969 • 81 citations

Human Platelet Collagenase

1974 • 74 citations

Collagenase, procollagenase and activator relationships in tadpole tissue cultures

1972 • 70 citations

Collagenase Activity of Gingival Tissue from Patients with Periodontal Diseases.

1966 • 67 citations

Collagenolytic activity in oral tissues

1967 • 65 citations

Interaction between tadpole collagenase and human α2-macroglobulin

1972 • 65 citations

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

1973 • 63 citations

Evidence for the Presence of a Latent Form of Collagenase in Human Rheumatoid Synovial Fluid

1972 • 63 citations

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

1972 • 57 citations

Immunocytochemical Localization of Collagenase in Human Skin and Fibroblasts in Monolayer Culture

1974 • 57 citations

The collagen of bone.

1968 • 56 citations

Fibroblast collagenase partial purification and characterization.

1973 • 53 citations

COLLAGENASE IN BONE OF MAN

1969 • 50 citations

The Effect of Various Oxygen Tensions on The Synthesis and Degradation of Bone Collagen in Tissue Culture.

1966 • 49 citations

Regulation of Vertebrate Collagenase Activity In Vivo and In Vitro

1972 • 48 citations

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

1972 • 47 citations

Human Gingival Collagenase: Purification, Molecular Weight, and Inhibitor Studies

1972 • 47 citations

The Collagen of Bone

1968 • 45 citations

Collagenolytic Activity in Mammalian Bone

1963 • 44 citations

A reproducible quantitative collagenase radiofibril assay

1972 • 44 citations

Mouse Bone Collagenase: Isolation, Partial Purification, and Mechanism of Action

1969 • 40 citations

Activation of latent collagenase by microbial plaque

1974 • 38 citations

Tissue collagenase: A simplified, semiquantitative enzyme assay

1973 • 37 citations

The further purification and characterization of mouse bone collagenase

1972 • 29 citations

Further studies on the nature of the components in serum which inhibit mouse bone collagenase

1972 • 29 citations

Collagenolytic Activity of Gingival Tissues in Vitro

1966 • 28 citations

Isolation of tissue collagenase from homogenates of embryonic chick bones

1973 • 27 citations

The effect of collagenase‐inhibitor complexes on collagenolytic activity of normal and inflamed gingival tissue

1973 • 27 citations

Collagenolysis in Cultured Tissue: II. Role of Mast Cells

1971 • 23 citations

Regulation of Gingival Collagenase: A Possible Role for a Mast Cell Factor

1974 • 21 citations

METABOLIC HYDROLYSIS OF COLLAGEN

1970 • 20 citations

Evidence for the Role of Collagenase in Collagen Metabolism

1971 • 20 citations

Collagenolysis in Cultured Tissue: I. Digestion of Mesenteric Fibers by Enzymes from Explanted Gingival Tissue

1971 • 17 citations

Comparative Histological and Microchemical Evaluations of the Collagen Content of Human Gingiva

1963 • 15 citations

Resistance of Human Gingival Collagen to Human Gingival Bacteria.

1957 • 14 citations

Collagenase activity of gingival tissue affected with periodontal disease.

1968 • 8 citations