Overexpression of matrix metalloproteina
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Nathalie ThΓ©ret; Orlando Musso; Jean Pierre Campion; Bruno Turlin; Olivier LorΓ©a
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Article
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1997
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John Wiley and Sons
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French
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Degradation of basement membranes is a key step in tumoral invasion, mainly mediated by matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their inhibitors (TIMPs). Since the liver is a main target for metastases from gastrointestinal adenocarcinoma, we have investigated MMP2 and TIMP2 expression by RT-PCR, in si