Matrix remodeling by MMPs during wound repair

Repair following injury involves a range of processes – such as re-epithelialization, scar formation, angiogenesis, inflammation, and more – that function, often together, to restore tissue architecture. MMPs carry out diverse roles in all of these activities. In this article, we discuss how specific MMPs act on ECM during two critical repair processes: re-epithelialization and resolution of scar tissue. For wound closure, we discuss how two...