MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES AND THEIR TISSUE INHIBITORS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY

Authors
SALAMONSEN LA
Citation
La. Salamonsen, MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES AND THEIR TISSUE INHIBITORS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY, Trends in endocrinology and metabolism, 7(1), 1996, pp. 28-34
Citations number
49
Categorie Soggetti
Endocrynology & Metabolism
Journal title
Trends in endocrinology and metabolism → ACNP
ISSN journal
10432760
Volume
7
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
28 - 34
Database
ISI
SICI code
1043-2760(1996)7:1<28:MMATTI>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their natural inhibitors (TIMPs) have been widely implicated in tissue resorption, degradation, and fib rosis in a range of normal and abnormal processes, but recently define d additional actions suggest much broader and independent roles for di fferent members of these gene families. This review examines the invol vement of hormones in regulation of MMPs and TIMPs and focuses on know n and potential roles of particular interest to endocrinologists.