European journal of biochemistry

Eur J Biochem · ISSN (print) 0014-2956 · 1 paper in corpus

lab-animal 1999

Local cytokines induce differential expression of matrix metalloproteinases but not their tissue inhibitors in human endometrial fibroblasts

doi:10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00001.x ·PMID:9914473

The endometrium is the only human tissue to undergo cyclic breakdown and regeneration. This physiological alternation renders it an advantageous system for studying tissue remodelling. Our previous observations indicate that menstrual endom…