Steinberg et al., Development 2005
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FGF7- and FGF10 mediated morphogenesis is inhibited by an MMP inhibitor and a neutralizing antibody to FGF1, suggesting that both FGF1 and MMPs are essential downstream mediators of epithelial morphogenesis
Uitto et al., Am J Pathol 1998
(Gingivitis...) :
In these cells, MMP-13 expression at the mRNA and protein level was potently enhanced ( up to sixfold ) by tumor necrosis factor-alpha, transforming growth factor-beta(1), and transforming growth factor-alpha and by keratinocyte growth factor in the presence of heparin