Allele-Specific Regulation of Matrix Metalloproteinase-12 Gene Activity Is Associated With Coronary Artery Luminal Dimensions in Diabetic Patients With Manifest Coronary Artery Disease

The Pathogenesis of Coronary Artery Disease and the Acute Coronary Syndromes

1992 • 2,655 citations

Increased expression of matrix metalloproteinases and matrix degrading activity in vulnerable regions of human atherosclerotic plaques.

1994 • 2,497 citations

Matrix Metalloproteinases and Cardiovascular Disease

1995 • 873 citations

Functional Polymorphism in the Regulatory Region of Gelatinase B Gene in Relation to Severity of Coronary Atherosclerosis

1999 • 609 citations

Localization of stromelysin gene expression in atherosclerotic plaques by in situ hybridization.

1991 • 593 citations

Chemotactic activity of elastin-derived peptides.

1980 • 519 citations

Identification of 92-kD Gelatinase in Human Coronary Atherosclerotic Lesions

1995 • 495 citations

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

1993 • 479 citations

Interstitial Collagenase (MMP-1) Expression in Human Carotid Atherosclerosis

1995 • 402 citations

Factors influencing the presence or absence of acute coronary artery thrombi in sudden ischaemic death

1989 • 396 citations

Matrilysin is expressed by lipid-laden macrophages at sites of potential rupture in atherosclerotic lesions and localizes to areas of versican deposition, a proteoglycan substrate for the enzyme.

1996 • 359 citations

Transcriptional Control of Matrix Metalloproteinases and the Tissue Inhibitors of Matrix Metalloproteinases

1997 • 332 citations

Hydrolysis of a Broad Spectrum of Extracellular Matrix Proteins by Human Macrophage Elastase

1997 • 313 citations

Increased expression of 72-kd type IV collagenase (MMP-2) in human aortic atherosclerotic lesions.

1996 • 241 citations

Macrophage Metalloelastase Degrades Matrix and Myelin Proteins and Processes a Tumour Necrosis Factor-α Fusion Protein

1996 • 215 citations

Very-Low-Density Lipoprotein Response Element in the Promoter Region of the Human Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 Gene Implicated in the Impaired Fibrinolysis of Hypertriglyceridemia

1998 • 191 citations

Platelet glycoprotein Illa polymorphisms and risk of coronary stent thrombosis

1997 • 189 citations

Human Macrophage Metalloelastase. GENOMIC ORGANIZATION, CHROMOSOMAL LOCATION, GENE LINKAGE, AND TISSUE-SPECIFIC EXPRESSION

1995 • 156 citations

Acute coronary thrombosis--the role of plaque disruption and its initiation and prevention

1995 • 128 citations

Expression of collagen, interstitial collagenase, and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1 in restenosis after carotid endarterectomy.

1996 • 66 citations

Activation of cJun NH₂-Terminal Kinase/Stress-Activated Protein Kinase by Insulin

1996 • 63 citations

Effects of synthesized elastin peptides on human leukocytes.

1995 • 37 citations

Multiple Promoter Elements Are Required for the Stimulatory Effect of Insulin on Human Collagenase-1 Gene Transcription

1999 • 34 citations

Role of the elastin-laminin receptor in the cardiovascular system.

1998 • 21 citations

Induction of proto-oncogenes during 3-deazaadenosine-stimulated differentiation of 3T3-L1 fibroblasts to adipocytes: mimicry of insulin action.

1997 • 19 citations

Metalloelastase Expression in a Mouse Macrophage Cell Line Regulation by 4β‐Phorbol 12‐Myristate 13‐Acetate, Lipopolysaccharide and Dexamethasone

1997 • 11 citations

Regulation of gene expression by insulin: analysis in single living cells

1996 • 7 citations