matrilysin

matrix metalloproteinase 7

A 19-kD enzyme encoded on chromosome 11q21-q22 which degrades fibronectin, gelatins and other matrix substrates.
Cytokine inducers 
BTC, EGF, FGF-a, FGF-b, FGF-9, FGF-10, hourG-β1, IL-1α, IL-1β, IL-4, IL-10, TGF-β1, TNF-α.
 
Substrates
Collagens IV and X; gelatin; aggrecan; decorin; proteoglycan link protein; fibronectin and laminin; insoluble fibronectin fibrils; entactin; large and small tenascin-C; osteonectin; β4 intergrin; elastin; casein; transferrin; MBP; α1-AT; GST-TNF/TNF peptide; plasminogen; MMP-1; MMP-2; MMP-9; MMP-9/TIMP-1 complex.

matrilysin

A member of the matrix metalloproteinase enzyme family that is expressed by many tumor cells and plays a part in tissue invasion and metastasis.