Ulrike I. Sires

Matrilysin is expressed by lipid-laden macrophages at sites of potential rupture in atherosclerotic lesions and localizes to areas of versican deposition, a proteoglycan substrate for the enzyme.

Igor Halpert, Ulrike I. Sires, Jill D. Roby et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1996 · 358 citations · Full text

Vascular Disease, Glycobiology, Immunology +23

Degradation of entactin by matrix metalloproteinases. Susceptibility to matrilysin and identification of cleavage sites.

Ulrike I. Sires, Gail L. Griffin, Thomas J. Broekelmann et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1993 · 136 citations · Full text

Protein Chemistry, Serine Proteinases, Biochemistry +15

Matrilysin Is Much More Efficient Than Other Matrix Metalloproteinases in the Proteolytic Inactivation of α1-Antitrypsin

Ulrike I. Sires, Gillian Murphy, Vijaykumar Baragi et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 1994 · 125 citations

Protein Chemistry, Protein Function, Biochemistry +7

Complete degradation of type X collagen requires the combined action of interstitial collagenase and osteoclast-derived cathepsin-B.

Ulrike I. Sires, Thomas Schmid, Catherine J. Fliszar et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1995 · 46 citations · Full text

Tissue Engineering, Type X Collagen, Bone Repair +21

Diaper dermatitis

Ulrike I. Sires, Susan B. Mallory · Postgraduate Medicine · 1995 · 22 citations

Fecal Enzymes, Frequent Diaper Changes, Pathology +5