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This chemokine belongs to the CC chemokine family and stimulates Coll I production both by lung fibroblasts taken from areas of inflammation [ 26 ] and in kidneys that suffer from crescentic nephritis [ 45 ] . The former investigators reported that MCP-1 increases collagen accumulation not by decreasing the levels of the collagenase MMP-1, but by stimulating the production of TGFβ1, a well-known stimulator of collagen expression and expression of TIMPs, the natural inhibitors of MMPs.
As both MMPs and COX-2 are important factors in tumor development [ 48, 49] IDO's role in tumorigenesis bears investigating.
In addition members of this subfamily of MMPs are involved in the invasiveness of cancers [ 15, 16], and thus may also play a similar role in the invasion of synovial pannus.
Expression of all MMPs was undetectable except for collagenase I. This showed significant expression in vector-only controls but little or no expression in IDO-expressing clones.
In this extent, ATF-BPTI is similar to the MMPs inhibitors, in that their best indication would probably be for treatment of residual disease or small metastases.