Epithelial cells in the human small intestine express meprin, an astacin-like metalloprotease, which accumulates normally at the brush border membrane and in the gut lumen...
Keywords: endopeptidases, enteritis, enterocytes, gluten, inflammation, Leukocytes
03/2007 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de GruyterMatrix metalloproteinases are a family of zinc-dependent proteinases which are involved in the breakdown and remodeling of extracellular matrix...
Keywords: collagenase, endopeptidases, gelatinase, particle-based flow cytometry, puberty, stromelysin
12/2005 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter