Heikkilä, P. (author), Teronen, O. (author), Hirn, M.Y. (author), Sorsa, T. (author), Tervahartiala, T. (author), Salo, T. (author), Konttinen, Y.T. (author), Halttunen, T. (author), Moilanen, M. (author), Hanemaaijer, R. (author), Laitinen, M. (author) Background. Bisphosphonates reduce the bone metastasis formation and angiogenesis but the exact molecular mechanisms involved are unclear. Progelatinase A (proMMP-2; 78 KDa) is activated up during the tumor spread and metastasis by a cell surface-associated matrix metalloproteinase (membrane-type matrix metalloproteinase [MT1-MMP] or MMP-14)....
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