The protease consortium: An alliance to
โ
Vincent L. Giranda; Lynn M. Matrisian
๐
Article
๐
1999
๐
John Wiley and Sons
๐
English
โ 61 KB
The contribution of extracellular proteolytic activity to tumor growth, invasion, and metastasis has been under investigation for more than 20 yr. In particular, the matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), serine plasminogen activators, and cathepsins have been shown to enhance tumor progression in divers