Gail L. Matters
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Academic title Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
College College of Medicine
Campuses Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Department Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - HMC
Graduate programs
Email Phone FAX
  glm14@psu.edu
  717 531 4098
  717 531 7072
Educational background
  B.S., Rutgers University, 1979
M.S., Rutgers University, 1981
Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 1986
Areas of expertise
 
MetalloendopeptidasesTranscription, Genetic
Gene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticAlternative Splicing
NeoplasmsCell Surface Extensions
Epithelial CellsGene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
Multigene FamilyGastrointestinal Diseases
Antineoplastic AgentsBreast Neoplasms
Matrix Metalloproteinase 7Ornithine Decarboxylase
Publication author name
  Matters G
Matters GL
Select publications
  Jiang W. Kumar JM. Matters GL. Bond JS. Structure of the mouse metalloprotease meprin beta gene (Mep1b): alternative splicing in cancer cells. 2000 May 2. Gene. 248(1-2):77-87.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Bertenshaw GP. Turk BE. Hubbard SJ. Matters GL. Bylander JE. Crisman JM. Cantley LC. Bond JS. Marked differences between metalloproteases meprin A and B in substrate and peptide bond specificity. 2001 Apr 20. J Biol Chem. 276(16):13248-55.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Norman LP. Matters GL. Crisman JM. Bond JS. Expression of meprins in health and disease. 2003. Curr Top Dev Biol. 54:145-66.
Bond JS. Matters GL. Banerjee S. Dusheck RE. Meprin metalloprotease expression and regulation in kidney, intestine, urinary tract infections and cancer. 2005 Jun 13. FEBS Lett. 579(15):3317-22.
Matters GL. Manni A. Bond JS. Inhibitors of polyamine biosynthesis decrease the expression of the metalloproteases meprin alpha and MMP-7 in hormone-independent human breast cancer cells. 2005. Clin Exp Metastasis. 22(4):331-9.
National Cancer Institute
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
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