Identification of the Second Membrane-type Matrix Metalloproteinase (MT-MMP-2) Gene from a Human Placenta cDNA Library

Matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in connective tissue remodeling

1991 • 3,309 citations

Matrix Metalloproteinases: A Review

1993 • 2,998 citations

Cancer metastasis and angiogenesis: An imbalance of positive and negative regulation

1991 • 2,774 citations

A matrix metalloproteinase expressed on the surface of invasive tumour cells

1994 • 2,561 citations

Metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in matrix remodeling

1990 • 1,627 citations

Mechanism Of Cell Surface Activation Of 72-kDa Type IV Collagenase

1995 • 1,576 citations

The matrix‐degrading metalloproteinases

1992 • 1,383 citations

Processing of tumour necrosis factor-α precursor by metalloproteinases

1994 • 1,200 citations

A novel metalloproteinase gene specifically expressed in stromal cells of breast carcinomas

1990 • 1,140 citations

SV40-transformed Human Lung Fibroblasts Secrete a 92-kDa Type IV Collagenase Which Is Identical to That Secreted by Normal Human Macrophages

1989 • 1,122 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

Sequence of human tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases and its identity to erythroid-potentiating activity

1985 • 702 citations

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

1986 • 645 citations

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

1985 • 625 citations

Protection against a lethal dose of endotoxin by an inhibitor of tumour necrosis factor processing

1994 • 607 citations

Arg-X-Lys/Arg-Arg motif as a signal for precursor cleavage catalyzed by furin within the constitutive secretory pathway

1991 • 590 citations

Tissue cooperation in a proteolytic cascade activating human interstitial collagenase.

1989 • 579 citations

Cloning and characterization of a unique elastolytic metalloproteinase produced by human alveolar macrophages.

1993 • 479 citations

Matrix metalloproteinase 2 from human rheumatoid synovial fibroblasts

1990 • 428 citations

Human neutrophil collagenase. A distinct gene product with homology to other matrix metalloproteinases.

1990 • 406 citations

Stepwise activation mechanisms of the precursor of matrix metalloproteinase 3 (stromelysin) by proteinases and (4-aminophenyl)mercuric acetate

1990 • 381 citations

Independent expression and cellular processing of Mr 72,000 type IV collagenase and interstitial collagenase in human tumorigenic cell lines.

1990 • 379 citations

The collagenase gene family in humans consists of at least four members

1988 • 364 citations

Plasma membrane-dependent activation of the 72-kDa type IV collagenase is prevented by complex formation with TIMP-2

1993 • 338 citations

Human skin fibroblast stromelysin: structure, glycosylation, substrate specificity, and differential expression in normal and tumorigenic cells.

1987 • 323 citations

v-Src activates the expression of 92-kDa type IV collagenase gene through the AP-1 site and the GT box homologous to retinoblastoma control elements. A mechanism regulating gene expression independent of that by inflammatory cytokines.

1993 • 291 citations

Association Between Expression of Activated 72-Kilodalton Gelatinase and Tumor Spread in Non-Small-Cell Lung Carcinoma

1993 • 278 citations

The C-terminal Region of Membrane Type Matrix Metalloproteinase Is a Functional Transmembrane Domain Required for Pro-gelatinase A Activation

1995 • 269 citations

Expression of genes encoding type IV collagen-degrading metalloproteinases and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases in various human tumor cells.

1992 • 228 citations

Association of MMP-2 Activation Potential With Metastatic Progression in Human Breast Cancer Cell Lines Independent of MMP-2 Production

1993 • 216 citations

Assessment of the role of the fibronectin-like domain of gelatinase A by analysis of a deletion mutant.

1994 • 211 citations

Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-2 inhibits the activation of 72 kDa progelatinase by fibroblast membranes

1991 • 201 citations

A metalloproteinase inhibitor domain in Alzheimer amyloid protein precursor

1993 • 171 citations

Expression of activated gelatinase in human invasive breast carcinoma

1993 • 135 citations

The 28-kDa N-terminal domain of mouse stromelysin-3 has the general properties of a weak metalloproteinase

1993 • 132 citations

Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1 is a negative regulator of the metastatic ability of a human gastric cancer cell line, KKLS, in the chick embryo.

1993 • 108 citations

Cloning of a human gene potentially encoding a novel matrix metalloproteinase having a C-terminal transmembrane domain

1995 • 90 citations

Ligand-induced Cleavage of the V2 Vasopressin Receptor by a Plasma Membrane Metalloproteinase

1995 • 62 citations

Expression of type‐IV collagenases in human tumor cell lines that can form liver colonies in chick embryos

1994 • 36 citations