. . . . . . . . . . . . "[Because renal tubular atrophy is a significant factor in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy and renal failure and the molecular mechanisms regulating this process remain unknown, it is hypothesized that the elevated expression of MT5-MMP contributes to the activation of pro-MMP-2, which participates in the remodeling of the proximal and distal tubules as well as in the collecting duct.]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine."@en . . . . . "2014-02-25"^^ . . "Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature."@en . "DisGeNET evidence - LITERATURE"@en . "2014-10-02T12:36:00+02:00"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "v2.1.0.0" . "v2.1.0" .