| Literature DB >> 163038 |
L M Wahl, S M Wahl, S E Mergenhagen, G R Martin.
Abstract
Macrophages incubated with products (lymphokines) secreted by stimulated spleen cells produced collagenase. Active lymphokines were obtained both from mitogen- and antigen-stimulated lymphocytes. These observations suggest that the degradation of collagen in chronic inflammatory lesions may be caused by macrophage collagenase.Entities:
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Year: 1975 PMID: 163038 DOI: 10.1126/science.163038
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728