"Cathepsin L" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A ubiquitously-expressed cysteine protease that plays an enzymatic role in POST-TRANSLATIONAL PROTEIN PROCESSING of proteins within SECRETORY GRANULES.
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D056668
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.656.224.407 D08.811.277.656.262.500.157 D08.811.277.656.300.200.157
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cathepsin L" by people in Profiles.
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Protective role of cathepsin L in mouse skin carcinogenesis. Mol Carcinog. 2012 Apr; 51(4):352-61.
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Inhibition of tumorigenicity and metastasis of human melanoma cells by anti-cathepsin L single chain variable fragment. Cancer Res. 2004 Jan 01; 64(1):146-51.
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Design of noncovalent inhibitors of human cathepsin L. From the 96-residue proregion to optimized tripeptides. J Med Chem. 2002 Nov 21; 45(24):5321-9.
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Procathepsin-L, a proteinase that cleaves human C3 (the third component of complement), confers high tumorigenic and metastatic properties to human melanoma cells. Cancer Res. 1998 Jul 01; 58(13):2733-6.
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A cysteine proteinase, which cleaves human C3, the third component of complement, is involved in tumorigenicity and metastasis of human melanoma. Cancer Res. 1996 Jan 15; 56(2):254-8.
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Expression and immunohistochemical localization of cathepsin L during the progression of human gliomas. Clin Exp Metastasis. 1996 Jan; 14(1):27-34.