ADAMTS-7 and ADAMTS-12, two members of the ADAMTS (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs) family, have been associated with COMP degradation in vitro, and are ...

9, and -13), ADAMTS (-1, -4, -5), and TIMP (-1, -2, -3, and -4), and normalised to GAPDH. Results Expression of mRNA for MMP-9 and TIMP-1 was significantly up-regulated in pathologic tendons (p=0.019 ...