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Our previous work has focused on the pathways by which IL-1β induces several members of the family of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), enzymes that are active at neutral pH and that collectively degrade the various components of the extracellular matrix.
It appears from the different clinical trials with endostatin, thalidomide, the synthetic inhibitors of MMPs, and the different anti-VEGFs that angiostatics, though slightly effective in advanced diseases, are more likely indicated in combination with chemotherapy or radiotherapy and as an adjuvant therapy to treat small tumour masses, in particular local minimal residual disease or micrometastasis.
As is characteristic of most of the MMPs, MMP-2 is produced as a proenzyme, and requires activation by enzymatic cleavage.
Gelatin zymography was performed by modification of a previously published procedure to identify MMPs 1 and 9 [ 10, 11].
The internal elastic lamella of arteries is shown to form gaps prior to vessel dilatation in an experimental arteriovenous model in rabbit carotid artery [ 2 ] . Collagenase and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) have been observed to be upregulated during vessel dilation either in flow-induced model [ 10 ] or in a post-stenotic dilatation [ 11 ] .