Electronic Resource
Oxford, UK
:
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
The @breast journal
2 (1996), S. 0
ISSN:
1524-4741
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract: Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) represent a class of enzymes able to degrade numerous extracellular matrix macromolecules facilitating tumor invasion and metastasis. The principal MMPs involved in breast pathology are analyzed with their various roles and functions: gelatinases A and B, stromelysin-3, collagenase-3, and MT-MMP1 (membrane type MMP). In vivo and in vitro studies clearly demonstrate an important cooperation between tumor and stromal cells for the expression of these MMPs in breast carcinomas. The large expression of MMPs plead in favor of a major role of these enzymes in breast carcinoma progression and their detection may be used in some cases as a prognostic indicator. Studies now are in progress, directed toward the modulation of these MMPs and their inhibitors with new therapeutic agents to block tumoral invasion and metastasis due to these enzymes.?
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1524-4741.1996.tb00097.x
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