Matrix metalloproteinases cleave connective tissue growth factor and reactivate angiogenic activity of vascular endothelial growth factor 165.
Hashimoto G, Inoki I, Fujii Y, Aoki T, Ikeda E, Okada Y.
Hashimoto G, et al. Among authors: okada y.
J Biol Chem. 2002 Sep 27;277(39):36288-95. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M201674200. Epub 2002 Jul 11.
J Biol Chem. 2002.
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., Nakamura, H., Makino, K., Ikeda, E., Takata, S., Kobayashi, K. and Okada, Y. (2002) FASEB J. 16, 219-221). In the present study, we further examined the susceptibility of the VEGF(165).CTGF complex to matrix metalloproteinases (MMP-1, -2, -3, -7, -9, and -13), AD …
., Nakamura, H., Makino, K., Ikeda, E., Takata, S., Kobayashi, K. and Okada, Y. (2002) FASEB J. 16, 219-221). In the present s …