New Strategies for the Next Generation of Matrix-Metalloproteinase Inhibitors: Selectively Targeting Membrane-Anchored MMPs with Therapeutic Antibodies

MMP intervention strategies have met with limited clinical success due to severe toxicities. In particular, treatment with broad-spectrum MMP-inhibitors (MMPIs) caused musculoskeletal pain and inflammation. Selectivity may be essential for realizing the clinical potential of MMPIs. Here we review di...

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Main Authors: Laetitia Devy, Daniel T. Dransfield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Biochemistry Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/191670