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Too much of this enzyme, matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP2), might be causing the disturbance to the basement membrane. An experiment using model mice with vitiligo-like depigmentation showed ...

For cancer cells to metastasize, they must first penetrate a dense sheet-like mesh of proteins and other molecules called the basement membrane, which surrounds tissues like a Kevlar wrapper. But very ...

The newer, wilder cells created by another mutation are able to push their way through the epithelial tissue's basement membrane, which is a meshwork of protein that normally creates a barrier.

Multilayering of the basement membranes of peritubular capillaries (MLPTC) observed on electron microscopy is a feature of chronic kidney allograft rejection. Biopsy specimens with MLPTC have also ...

Carbonell, W. S., Ansorge, O., Sibson, N. & Muschel, R. The vascular basement membrane as “soil” in brain metastasis. PLoS One 4, e5857 (2009). An assumption ...