anticorps TIMP4, anticorps TIMP-4, anticorps timp4, anticorps TIMP metallopeptidase inhibitor 4, anticorps TIMP metallopeptidase inhibitor 4, tandem duplicate 3, anticorps tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 4, anticorps TIMP4, anticorps timp4.3, anticorps Timp4
Sujet
Tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases (TIMPs) constitute a family of secreted multifunctional proteins which are classified based on structural similarity to each other as well as their ability to inhibit matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). TIMPs therefore play a critical role in ECM homeostasis but have also been shown to have erythroid-potentiating and cell growth-promoting activities. TIMP-4 (approx. 23 kDa), unlike TIMP-1, TIMP-2 and TIMP-3, shows restricted localization to cardiac, neural, breast and muscle tissue. Cardiospecific TIMP-4 seems to play a significant role in regulating the normal cell phenotype since reduced levels elicit cellular transformation. It has been shown to be an inhibitor of MMP-1, MMP-2, MMP-3, MMP-7 and MMP-9 with a preference for MMP-2 and MMP-7.