MMP mediated degradation of type VI collagen is highly associated with liver fibrosis--identification and validation of a novel biochemical marker assay.

MMP mediated degradation of type VI collagen is highly associated with liver fibrosis--identification and validation of a novel biochemical marker assay.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: During fibrogenesis, in which excessive remodeling of the extracellular matrix occurs, both the quantity of type VI collagen and levels of matrix metalloproteinases, including MMP-2 and MMP-9, increase significantly. Proteolytic degradation of type VI collagen into small fragmen...

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Main Authors: Sanne Skovgård Veidal, Morten Asser Karsdal, Efstathios Vassiliadis, Arkadiusz Nawrocki, Martin Røssel Larsen, Quoc Hai Trieu Nguyen, Per Hägglund, Yunyun Luo, Qinlong Zheng, Ben Vainer, Diana Julie Leeming
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3173456?pdf=render

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