Specialized roles for cysteine cathepsins in health and disease.

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Published in J Clin Invest on October 01, 2010

Authors

Jochen Reiser1, Brian Adair, Thomas Reinheckel

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Leonard Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA. jreiser@med.miami.edu

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Cathepsin C is a tissue-specific regulator of squamous carcinogenesis. Genes Dev (2013) 0.87

Deletion of cysteine cathepsins B or L yields differential impacts on murine skin proteome and degradome. Mol Cell Proteomics (2012) 0.86

Cardiac and ocular pathologies in a mouse model of mucopolysaccharidosis type VI. Pediatr Res (2003) 0.86

Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMP)-1 creates a premetastatic niche in the liver through SDF-1/CXCR4-dependent neutrophil recruitment in mice. Hepatology (2014) 0.86

Human and mouse perforin are processed in part through cleavage by the lysosomal cysteine proteinase cathepsin L. Immunology (2010) 0.85

Cathepsin H functions as an aminopeptidase in secretory vesicles for production of enkephalin and galanin peptide neurotransmitters. J Neurochem (2012) 0.85

The cystatin M/E-cathepsin L balance is essential for tissue homeostasis in epidermis, hair follicles, and cornea. FASEB J (2010) 0.85

Cathepsin B release from rodent intestine mucosa due to mechanical injury results in extracellular matrix damage in early post-traumatic phases. Biol Chem (2009) 0.84

Human cathepsin V protease participates in production of enkephalin and NPY neuropeptide neurotransmitters. J Biol Chem (2012) 0.84

The endolysosomal cysteine cathepsins L and K are involved in macrophage-mediated clearance of Staphylococcus aureus and the concomitant cytokine induction. FASEB J (2013) 0.84

Contribution of cathepsin L to secretome composition and cleavage pattern of mouse embryonic fibroblasts. Biol Chem (2011) 0.83

Unimpeded skin carcinogenesis in K14-HPV16 transgenic mice deficient for plasminogen activator inhibitor. Int J Cancer (2010) 0.83

Cathepsins D and L reduce the toxicity of advanced glycation end products. Free Radic Biol Med (2012) 0.82

Reproduction of postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome in pigs experimentally inoculated with a Swedish porcine circovirus 2 isolate. J Vet Diagn Invest (2003) 0.82

Double deficiency of cathepsins B and L results in massive secretome alterations and suggests a degradative cathepsin-MMP axis. Cell Mol Life Sci (2013) 0.81

Proteolytic cleavage of the disease-related lysosomal membrane glycoprotein CLN7. Biochim Biophys Acta (2012) 0.80

Murine and human cathepsin B exhibit similar properties: possible implications for drug discovery. Biol Chem (2009) 0.80

Cysteine cathepsins are not involved in Fas/CD95 signalling in primary skin fibroblasts. FEBS Lett (2007) 0.79

Cathepsin X-deficient gastric epithelial cells in co-culture with macrophages: characterization of cytokine response and migration capability after Helicobacter pylori infection. J Biol Chem (2010) 0.79

Studies of intestinal morphology and cathepsin B expression in a transgenic mouse aiming at intestine-specific expression of Cath B-EGFP. Biol Chem (2011) 0.78

Allergic airway inflammation in mice deficient for the antigen-processing protease cathepsin E. Int Arch Allergy Immunol (2012) 0.78

Induction of premalignant host responses by cathepsin x/z-deficiency in Helicobacter pylori-infected mice. PLoS One (2013) 0.77

Reduced neutrophil sequestration in lung tissue after laparoscopic lavage in a rat peritonitis model. World J Surg (2001) 0.77

Expression of human cathepsin L or human cathepsin V in mouse thymus mediates positive selection of T helper cells in cathepsin L knock-out mice. Biochimie (2010) 0.77

Decreased arthritis severity in cathepsin L-deficient mice is attributed to an impaired T helper cell compartment. Inflamm Res (2012) 0.76

Sensitive detection of African swine fever virus using real-time PCR with a 5' conjugated minor groove binder probe. J Virol Methods (2010) 0.75

Cathepsin B-deficient mice as source of monoclonal anti-cathepsin B antibodies. Biol Chem (2015) 0.75

Molecular beacon real-time PCR detection of swine viruses. J Virol Methods (2006) 0.75

CA/C1 peptidases of the malaria parasites Plasmodium falciparum and P. berghei and their mammalian hosts--a bioinformatical analysis. Biol Chem (2009) 0.75

An open source protein gel documentation system for proteome analyses. J Chem Inf Comput Sci (2004) 0.75