Thrombin–thrombomodulin activation of protein C facilitates the activation of progelatinase A

The activation of the matrix metalloproteinase progelatinase A (MMP-2) has been of keen interest because an increase in MMP-2 activity has been implicated in disease states such as cancer and atherosclerosis. Activation of MMP-2 occurs on the surface of specific cell types in two steps. In the first...

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