IMR Press / FBL / Volume 12 / Issue 13 / DOI: 10.2741/2448

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Article
Matriptase-dependent cell surface proteolysis in epithelial development and pathogenesis
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1 Proteases and Tissue Remodeling Unit, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Front. Biosci. (Landmark Ed) 2007, 12(13), 5060–5070; https://doi.org/10.2741/2448
Published: 1 September 2007
Abstract

Matriptase is an epithelial type II transmembrane serine protease with a complex modular structure and sophisticated activation mechanism. Reduced matriptase activity in mice or humans is associated with incomplete terminal differentiation of epidermis, epidermal appendages, oral epithelium, and, likely, other epithelial structures. Preliminary evidence indicates that matriptase is part of a serine protease zymogen activation cascade that regulates epithelial cell proliferation and fate. Matriptase activity must be tightly controlled in epithelial tissues by transcriptional and posttranslational mechanisms, as matriptase dysregulation can cause embryonic demise as well as malignant transformation.

Keywords
Matriptase
Cell Surface Proteolysis
Epithelial Development
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