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Alex Y. Strongin

Researcher at Discovery Institute

Publications -  177
Citations -  14746

Alex Y. Strongin is an academic researcher from Discovery Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Matrix metalloproteinase & Furin. The author has an hindex of 58, co-authored 176 publications receiving 13929 citations. Previous affiliations of Alex Y. Strongin include Sanford-Burnham Institute for Medical Research & Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies.

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Mechanism Of Cell Surface Activation Of 72-kDa Type IV Collagenase ISOLATION OF THE ACTIVATED FORM OF THE MEMBRANE METALLOPROTEASE

TL;DR: Activation of 72T4Cl on the cell membrane provides a basic mechanism for spatially regulated extracellular proteolysis and presents a new target for prognosis and treatment of metastatic disease.
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Compensation mechanism in tumor cell migration: mesenchymal–amoeboid transition after blocking of pericellular proteolysis

TL;DR: The transition from proteolytic mesenchymal toward nonproteolytic amoeboid movement highlights a supramolecular plasticity mechanism in cell migration and further represents a putative escape mechanism in tumor cell dissemination after abrogation of pericellular proteolysis.
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S-nitrosylation of matrix metalloproteinases: signaling pathway to neuronal cell death.

TL;DR: Findings suggest a potential extracellular proteolysis pathway to neuronal cell death in which S-nitrosylation activates MMPs, and further oxidation results in a stable posttranslational modification with pathological activity.
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Interaction of 92-kDa type IV collagenase with the tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases prevents dimerization, complex formation with interstitial collagenase, and activation of the proenzyme with stromelysin.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that in the absence of TIMP, 92-kDa Type IV procollagenase (92T4Cl) can form a covalent homodimer and a novel complex with ClI, suggesting a mechanism for cooperative action of two enzymes in reducing collagen fibrils to small peptides under physiologic conditions.