Stage-specific action of matrix metalloproteinases influences progressive hereditary kidney disease.

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Published in PLoS Med on March 07, 2006

Authors

Michael Zeisberg1, Mona Khurana, Velidi H Rao, Dominic Cosgrove, Jean-Philippe Rougier, Michelle C Werner, Charles F Shield, Zena Werb, Raghu Kalluri

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1: Center for Matrix Biology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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