“…TGCs secrete a variety of proteinases that are thought to digest the ECM as well as phagocytosed maternal cells and matrix materials. They include matrix metalloproteinases (MMP-2, -3, -9, -13) and inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMP-1, -2, -3, -4) (Alexander et al, 1996;Das et al, 1997;Harvey et al, 1995;Teesalu et al, 1999;Zhang et al, 2003) urokinase plasminogen activators (Teesalu et al, 1998;Teesalu et al, 1999) and cathepsins (Afonso et al, 1999;Deussing et al, 2002;Hemberger et al, 2000;Ishida et al, 2004).…”