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1986 • 4,951 citations

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1987 • 3,057 citations

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1971 • 1,571 citations

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1986 • 1,408 citations

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1962 • 1,275 citations

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1985 • 1,125 citations

The Biosynthesis of Collagen and Its Disorders

1979 • 1,067 citations

H-ras oncogene-transformed human bronchial epithelial cells (TBE-1) secrete a single metalloprotease capable of degrading basement membrane collagen.

1988 • 1,050 citations

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1973 • 900 citations

A significant part of macrophage-derived growth factor consists of at least two forms of PDGF

1985 • 719 citations

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1979 • 573 citations

A metalloproteinase from human rheumatoid synovial fibroblasts that digests connective tissue matrix components. Purification and characterization.

1986 • 515 citations

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1981 • 443 citations

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1990 • 431 citations

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1990 • 428 citations

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1986 • 393 citations

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1981 • 371 citations

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1984 • 368 citations

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1985 • 366 citations

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1988 • 290 citations

Smooth muscle phenotypic expression in human carotid arteries. I. Comparison of cells from diffuse intimal thickenings adjacent to atheromatous plaques with those of the media.

1985 • 224 citations

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1982 • 222 citations

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1989 • 198 citations

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

1985 • 195 citations

Mouse osteoblasts synthesize collagenase in response to bone resorbing agents

1984 • 192 citations

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1962 • 179 citations

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1982 • 161 citations

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1985 • 155 citations

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1986 • 144 citations

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1987 • 139 citations

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1981 • 139 citations

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1981 • 133 citations

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1979 • 128 citations

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1989 • 97 citations

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1970 • 81 citations

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1985 • 78 citations

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1986 • 59 citations

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1988 • 36 citations

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1987 • 24 citations

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1974 • 22 citations

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1976 • 15 citations

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1982 • 13 citations

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1986 • 7 citations