Budget Amount *help |
¥5,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,170,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
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Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Membrane-Type Matrix Metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) was shown to cleave and inactivate membrane-type serine protease inhibitor HAI-1(Hepatocyte Growth Factor Inhibitor-1), which subsequently induced activation of matriptase. Activated matriptase induced further activation of serine protease cascade, which was named “Protease Storm”. Protease storm caused Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) in cancer cells. These results indicate that MT1-MMP contributes to malignant transformation of cancer cells by triggering protease activation cascade.
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