Application | Comment | Organism |
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diagnostics | overexpression of HME is strongly correlated with the reduced angiogenesis and vascular invasion of gastric carcinoma, and may serve as a useful predictive indicator in patients with this disease | Homo sapiens |
Localization | Comment | Organism | GeneOntology No. | Textmining |
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extracellular | - |
Homo sapiens | - |
- |
Molecular Weight [Da] | Molecular Weight Maximum [Da] | Comment | Organism |
---|---|---|---|
29000 | - |
x * 54000, pro-MMP-12, x * 29000, mature active MMP-12 | Homo sapiens |
54000 | - |
x * 54000, pro-MMP-12, x * 29000, mature active MMP-12 | Homo sapiens |
Natural Substrates | Organism | Comment (Nat. Sub.) | Natural Products | Comment (Nat. Pro.) | Rev. | Reac. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elastin + H2O | Homo sapiens | - |
? | - |
? | |
additional information | Homo sapiens | HME has the ability to convert plasminogen into angiostatin, an essential and potent inhibitor of endothelial cell proliferation and tumor angiogenesis | ? | - |
? |
Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
---|---|---|---|
Homo sapiens | - |
- |
- |
Source Tissue | Comment | Organism | Textmining |
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gastric adenocarcinoma cell | HME protein levels are 4.50-7.15fold increased in gastric carcinoma samples compared with the non-cancerous controls | Homo sapiens | - |
macrophage | - |
Homo sapiens | - |
stomach | HME is expressed in chronic gastritis with atypical hyperplasia and normal gastric epithelium mucosa. HME protein levels are 4.50-7.15fold increased in gastric carcinoma samples compared with the non-cancerous controls | Homo sapiens | - |
Substrates | Comment Substrates | Organism | Products | Comment (Products) | Rev. | Reac. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elastin + H2O | - |
Homo sapiens | ? | - |
? | |
additional information | HME has the ability to convert plasminogen into angiostatin, an essential and potent inhibitor of endothelial cell proliferation and tumor angiogenesis | Homo sapiens | ? | - |
? |
Subunits | Comment | Organism |
---|---|---|
? | x * 54000, pro-MMP-12, x * 29000, mature active MMP-12 | Homo sapiens |
Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
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HME | - |
Homo sapiens |
Human macrophage metalloelastase | - |
Homo sapiens |
matrix metalloproteinase 12 | - |
Homo sapiens |
MMP-12 | - |
Homo sapiens |
General Information | Comment | Organism |
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physiological function | HME is able to degrade extracellular matrix components such as elastin and is involved in tissue remodeling processes. Overexpression of HME is strongly correlated with the reduced angiogenesis and vascular invasion of gastric carcinoma | Homo sapiens |