Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-2
"Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-2" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A member of the family of TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASES. It is a 21-kDa nonglycosylated protein found in tissue fluid and is secreted as a complex with progelatinase A by human fibroblast and uncomplexed from alveolar macrophages. An overexpression of TIMP-2 has been shown to inhibit invasive and metastatic activity of tumor cells and decrease tumor growth in vivo.
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D019716
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.645.875.500
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