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Figure 5

From: Collaborative interactions between neutrophil elastase and metalloproteinases in extracellular matrix degradation in three-dimensional collagen gels

Figure 5

Immunoblot for matrix metalloprotease (MMP)-3. Media were harvested after 5, 10, 15 and 21 days under control conditions and, after five days, in the presence of neutrophil elastase (NE) and subjected to immunoblot for MMP-3. (a) Human fetal lung (HFL) fibroblasts alone. (b) Blood monocytes (BM) co-cultured with HFL fibroblasts. The latent 57 kDa form of MMP-3 is shown; addition of NE for the first five days resulted in conversion of the 57 kDa form to active 47 kDa and 35 kDa forms. Lane 1: samples were harvested on day 5. Lane 2: culture medium in the presence of NE, harvested at day 5. Lanes 3, 4, 5: samples harvested on days 10, 15 and 21 under control conditions, respectively. (c) BM alone.

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