Homotrimeric MMP-9 is an active hitchhiker on alpha-2-macroglobulin partially escaping protease inhibition and internalization through LRP-1

The Accuracy of Serum Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 for Predicting Hemorrhagic Transformation After Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

(2018) Lu Wang et al.   Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases

Immunomodulation as Rescue for Chronic Atonic Skin Wounds

(2018) Ghislain Opdenakker et al.   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY

The Accuracy of Serum Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 for Predicting Hemorrhagic Transformation After Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

(2018) Lu Wang et al.   Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases

Endotoxemia shifts neutrophils with TIMP-free gelatinase B/MMP-9 from bone marrow to the periphery and induces systematic upregulation of TIMP-1

(2017) Jennifer Vandooren et al.   HAEMATOLOGICA

The gelatinases, MMP-2 and MMP-9, as fine tuners of neuroinflammatory processes

(2017) M.-J. Hannocks et al.   MATRIX BIOLOGY

Serum matrix metalloproteinase-9 levels and prognosis of acute ischemic stroke

(2017) Chongke Zhong et al.   NEUROLOGY

Endotoxemia shifts neutrophils with TIMP-free gelatinase B/MMP-9 from bone marrow to the periphery and induces systematic upregulation of TIMP-1

(2017) Jennifer Vandooren et al.   HAEMATOLOGICA

Plasma matrix metalloproteinase 9 as an early surrogate biomarker of advanced colorectal neoplasia

(2016) Antonio Z. Gimeno-García et al.   Gastroenterologia y Hepatologia

Alpha-2 macroglobulin in Alzheimer’s disease: a marker of neuronal injury through the RCAN1 pathway

(2016) V R Varma et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

Circular trimers of gelatinase B/matrix metalloproteinase-9 constitute a distinct population of functional enzyme molecules differentially regulated by tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1

(2015) Jennifer Vandooren et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Friends or Foes: Matrix Metalloproteinases and Their Multifaceted Roles in Neurodegenerative Diseases

(2015) Marjana Brkic et al.   MEDIATORS OF INFLAMMATION

Acceleration of diabetic wound healing using a novel protease–anti-protease combination therapy

(2015) Ming Gao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Chemically Synthesized Matrix Metalloproteinase and Angiogenesis-inhibiting Peptides as Anticancer Agents

(2014) Jialiang Hu et al.   Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry

Biochemistry and molecular biology of gelatinase B or matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9): The next decade

(2013) Jennifer Vandooren et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Zymography methods for visualizing hydrolytic enzymes

(2013) Jennifer Vandooren et al.   NATURE METHODS

Missing the target: matrix metalloproteinase antitargets in inflammation and cancer

(2013) Antoine Dufour et al.   TRENDS IN PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Crystal Structure of Human α2-Macroglobulin Reveals a Unique Molecular Cage

(2012) Aniebrys Marrero et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Alpha-2-macroglobulin: A physiological guardian

(2012) Ahmed A. Rehman et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY

Plasma levels of matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in hypertension

(2011) Chiara Marchesi et al.   JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION

Activated α2 macroglobulin induces matrix metalloproteinase 9 expression by low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 through MAPK-ERK1/2 and NF-κB activation in macrophage-derived cell lines

(2010) Leandro C. Cáceres et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY