collagenolysis

English

Etymology

collagen +‎ -o- +‎ -lysis

Noun

collagenolysis (uncountable)

  1. The chemical breakdown of collagen
    • 2016 January 1, “Effect of P144® (Anti-TGF-β) in an “In Vivo” Human Hypertrophic Scar Model in Nude Mice”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0144489:
      In the light of these previous studies, it was unlikely that with inhibition of TGF-β1 activity collagen content will decrease, due to the aforementioned evidence and additionally, because downregulation of TGF-β1 did not promote collagenolysis or collagen breakdown directly [12 ,36 ].
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