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A role for matrix metalloproteinase-9 in spontaneous rupture of the fetal membranes

Neil Athayde, Samuel S. Edwin, Roberto Romero, Ricardo Gómez, Eli Maymon, Percy Pacora, Ramkumar Menon

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology · 1998 · 224 citations · 19 references

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Matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in connective tissue remodeling

J. Frederick Woessner · The FASEB Journal · 1991 · 3.3K citations · Full text

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Human 92- and 72-kilodalton type IV collagenases are elastases.

Robert M. Senior, Gail L. Griffin, Catherine J. Fliszar et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1991 · 545 citations · Full text

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Matrix metalloproteinase degradation of elastin, type IV collagen and proteoglycan. A quantitative comparison of the activities of 95 kDa and 72 kDa gelatinases, stromelysins-1 and -2 and punctuated metalloproteinase (PUMP)

Gillian Murphy, Mark I. Cockett, Robin V. Ward et al. · Biochemical Journal · 1991 · 453 citations · Full text

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Premature Rupture of Membranes

Gibbs Rs, Jorge D. Blanco · Humana Press eBooks · 2007 · 258 citations

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Confocal immunofluorescence localization of collagen types I, III, IV, V and VI and their ultrastructural organization in term human fetal membranes

T. M. Malak, Colin Ockleford, S.C. Bell et al. · Placenta · 1993 · 225 citations

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