Yasunori Okada

ORCID: 0000-0001-9208-4755 · 1 paper in corpus · active 1996

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  • article 1
article 1996
Focal cellular origin and regulation of interstitial collagenase (matrix metalloproteinase-1) are related to menstrual breakdown in the human endometrium
·doi:10.1242/jcs.109.8.2151

Recent studies suggest that interstitial collagenase (MMP-1) is an essential enzyme in the early events leading to menstruation. This study analyses its cellular origin, regulation and relation to extracellular matrix breakdown in the human…