Volume 102, Issue 4, Pages 1085-1089 (October 1992) Production of Collagenase and Tissue inhibitor of Metalloproteinases by Fibroblasts Derived from Normal and Fibrotic Human Lungs Annie Pardo, Ph, D., Moisés Selman, M.D., F.C.C.P., Remedios Ramirez, B.S., Carlos Ramos, M.Sc, Martha Montaño, M.Sc., George Stricklin, Ph.D, Ganesh Raghu, M.D. CHEST Volume 102, Issue 4, Pages 1085-1089 (October 1992) DOI: 10.1378/chest.102.4.1085 Copyright © 1992 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
FIGURE 1 Constitutive tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMP)/collagenase molar ratio was calculated for three normal and three idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) lung fibroblast cell lines. TIMP molecular weight = 28.5 kDa; procollagenase molecular weight = 57.5 kDa. CHEST 1992 102, 1085-1089DOI: (10.1378/chest.102.4.1085) Copyright © 1992 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions