Deficiency of MMP17/MT4-MMP proteolytic activity predisposes to aortic aneurysm in mice
Martín Alonso, M.; García Redondo, A. B.; Guo, D.; Camafeita, Emilio; Martínez, Fernando; Alfranca, A.; Méndez Barbero, N.; Pollán, Á.; Sánchez-Camacho Blázquez, Cristina; Denhardt, D. T.; Seiki, Motoharu; Vázquez, J.; Salaices, M.; Redondo, J. M.; Milewicz, D.; Arroyo, Alicia G.
Aortic dissection or rupture resulting from aneurysm causes 1% to 2% of deaths in developed countries. These disorders are associated with mutations in genes that affect vascular smooth muscle cell differentiation and contractility or extracellular matrix composition and assembly. However, as many as 75% of patients with a family history of aortic aneurysms do not have an identified genetic syndrome.