Localization of human pancreatic polypeptide in an argyrophilic fourth cell type in islets of the rat pancreas

Fibroblast-directed expression and local

Fibroblast-directed expression and localization of 92-kDa type IV collagenase along the tumor-stroma interface in an in vitro three-dimensional model of human squamous cell carcinoma

✍ Alexander H. Borchers; Heinrich Steinbauer; Birgit S. Schafer; Michael Kramer; G 📂 Article 📅 1997 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 302 KB

The malignant dissemination of tumors has been shown to require expression of one or more members of the matrix metalloprotease (MMP) enzyme family, whose function is to catalyze degradation of extracellular matrix proteins. In human squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the skin, expression of the MMP 9