Coussens L M, Werb Z
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143-0534, USA.
Chem Biol. 1996 Nov;3(11):895-904. doi: 10.1016/s1074-5521(96)90178-7.
Proteolytic remodeling of the extracellular matrix is an important aspect of the creation and progression of cancer. Matrix metalloproteinases are important at several points during multi-stage neoplastic progression in tumor cells and responding blood vessels, inflammatory cells and stroma.
细胞外基质的蛋白水解重塑是癌症发生和发展的一个重要方面。基质金属蛋白酶在肿瘤细胞、反应性血管、炎性细胞和基质的多阶段肿瘤进展过程中的多个环节发挥重要作用。