Activation of Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases-3 (TIMP-3) mRNA Expression in Scleroderma Skin Fibroblasts

That impish TIMP: the tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-3.

Regulation of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-3 (Timp-3) mRNA expression during rat CNS development.

To preserve tissue integrity during the structural rearrangements that occur during central nervous system (CNS) development, an intricate balance between extracellular matrix (ECM) synthesis and degradation must be maintained. The matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are believed to be the main mediators of ECM degradation. Because MMPs function in the turnover of a broad-spectrum of ECM proteins ...

Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMP)-1, -2 and -3 in human endometrium during the menstrual cycle.

The extensive remodelling of the human endometrium throughout the menstrual cycle is accompanied by changes in production of matrix metalloproteinases, the activity of which can be inhibited by specific tissue inhibitors or by tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMP)s with a 1:1 stoichiometry. This study immunolocalized TIMP-1, TIMP-2 and TIMP-3 in dated normal human endometrium across th...

Spontaneous air space enlargement in the lungs of mice lacking tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-3 (TIMP-3).

Tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases regulate ECM degradation by matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). We have developed a mouse line deficient for tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-3 (TIMP-3), the only TIMP known to reside within the ECM. Homozygous Timp-3-null animals develop spontaneous air space enlargement in the lung that is evident at 2 weeks after birth and progresses with age of th...

TGF-β-Elicited Induction of Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases (TIMP)-3 Expression in Fibroblasts Involves Complex Interplay between Smad3, p38α, and ERK1/2

Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) promotes extracellular matrix deposition by down-regulating the expression of matrix degrading proteinases and upregulating their inhibitors. Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMP)-3 is an ECM-associated specific inhibitor of matrix degrading metalloproteinases. Here, we have characterized the signaling pathways mediating TGF-β-induced expression of T...