Ken‐ichi Shofuda

Expression of Three Membrane-type Matrix Metalloproteinases (MT-MMPs) in Rat Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells and Characterization of MT3-MMPs with and without Transmembrane Domain

Ken‐ichi Shofuda, Hidetaro Yasumitsu, Ai Nishihashi et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1997 · 111 citations · Full text

Role of Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases-2 (TIMP-2) in Regulation of Pro-Gelatinase A Activation Catalyzed by Membrane-Type Matrix Metalloproteinase-1 (MT1-MMP) in Human Cancer Cells

Ken‐ichi Shofuda, Kayano Moriyama, Ai Nishihashi et al. · The Journal of Biochemistry · 1998 · 88 citations

Pathology, Gelatinase A, Cancer Biology +18

Elevated expression of membrane-type 1 and 3 matrix metalloproteinases in rat vascular smooth muscle cells activated by arterial injury.

Ken‐ichi Shofuda, Y. Nagashima, Katsuhiro Kawahara et al. · PubMed · 1998 · 36 citations

Macrophage-derived MT1-MMP and increased MMP-2 activity are associated with glomerular damage in crescentic glomerulonephritis

Kayo Hayashi, Satoshi Horikoshi, Shiwori Osada et al. · The Journal of Pathology · 2000 · 30 citations

Glomerular Disease, Renal Pathology, Immunology +22

Membrane‐type matrix metalloproteinase‐1 and ‐3 activity in primate smooth muscle cells

Ken‐ichi Shofuda, David Hasenstab, Richard D. Kenagy et al. · The FASEB Journal · 2001 · 27 citations

Muscle Function, Mt1-mmp Protein, Cellular Physiology +24