• Smooth muscle-specific MMP17 (MT4-MMP) regulates the intestinal stem cell niche and regeneration after damage 

      Alonso, Mara Martin; Iqbal, Sharif; Vornewald, Pia; Lindholm, Håvard Takle; Damen, Mirjam J.; Martínez, Fernando; Hoel, Sigrid; Sanchez, Alberto Diez; Altelaar, Maarten; Katajisto, Pekka; Arroyo, Alicia G.; Oudhoff, Menno (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Smooth muscle is an essential component of the intestine, both to maintain its structure and produce peristaltic and segmentation movements. However, very little is known about other putative roles that smooth muscle cells ...