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Other investigators described differences of the same order of magnitude between mouse strains in expression of transgenes encoding α1-antitrypsin [ 1 ] , interleukin-12 [ 2 ] , and human endostatin [ 3 ] . These differences in transgene expression between inbred species may have clinical implications, as differences between inbred strains are considered to reflect differences between individuals of an outbred species.
Interestingly, in addition to solubilizing elastin, MMP12 is the MMP most efficient at degrading α1-antitrypsin, the primary physiological inhibitor of human leukocyte elastase [51,52].
Thus, chemokine-induced upregulation of MMP12 may orchestrate lung matrix degradation both directly and indirectly through inactivation of α1-antitrypsin.
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