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The emerging roles of ADAMTS-7 and ADAMTS-12 matrix metalloproteinases
Open Access Rheumatology: Research and Reviews, 09/24/09

Lin EA et al. – The a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs (ADAMTS) comprise a family of secreted zinc metalloproteinases with a precisely ordered modular organization. These enzymes play an important role in the turnover of extracellular matrix proteins in various tissues and their dysregulation has been implicated in disease–related processes such as arthritis, atherosclerosis, cancer, and inflammation.

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