| Literature DB >> 19330028 |
Lavanya H Palavalli1, Todd D Prickett, John R Wunderlich, Xiaomu Wei, Allison S Burrell, Patricia Porter-Gill, Sean Davis, Chenwei Wang, Julia C Cronin, Neena S Agrawal, Jimmy C Lin, Wendy Westbroek, Shelley Hoogstraten-Miller, Alfredo A Molinolo, Patricia Fetsch, Armando C Filie, Michael P O'Connell, Carolyn E Banister, Jason D Howard, Phillip Buckhaults, Ashani T Weeraratna, Lawrence C Brody, Steven A Rosenberg, Yardena Samuels.
Abstract
A mutational analysis of the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) gene family in human melanoma identified somatic mutations in 23% of melanomas. Five mutations in one of the most commonly mutated genes, MMP8, reduced MMP enzyme activity. Expression of wild-type but not mutant MMP8 in human melanoma cells inhibited growth on soft agar in vitro and tumor formation in vivo, suggesting that wild-type MMP-8 has the ability to inhibit melanoma progression.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19330028 PMCID: PMC2748394 DOI: 10.1038/ng.340
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Genet ISSN: 1061-4036 Impact factor: 38.330