Budget Amount *help |
¥18,590,000 (Direct Cost: ¥14,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,290,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥5,850,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,350,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥5,850,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,350,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥6,890,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,590,000)
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Research Abstract |
We screened new substrates for MT1-MMP, which plays an important role in tumor invasion and metastasis, and analyzed pathophysiologicanl significance of it. These studies demonstrated that cleavage and shedding of membrane proteins by MT1-MMP is quite unique. For example, cleavage of serine protease inhibitor Hepatocyte Growth Factor Activator Inhibitor-1 by MT1-MMP initiates protease activation cascade, which subsequently causes tissue destruction. We named it as protease storm.
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