"Furin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A proprotein convertase with specificity for the proproteins of PROALBUMIN; COMPLEMENT 3C; and VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR. It has specificity for cleavage near paired ARGININE residues that are separated by two amino acids.
| Descriptor ID |
D045683
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.656.300.760.353 D08.811.277.656.837.249 D08.811.277.656.959.350.353
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| Concept/Terms |
Furin- Furin
- Dibasic Processing Enzyme
- Processing Enzyme, Dibasic
- Furin Protein
- SPC1 Proteinase
- Paired Basic Amino Acid Cleaving Enzyme
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Furin" by people in Profiles.
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Tobacco Smoking Increases the Lung Gene Expression of ACE2, the Receptor of SARS-CoV-2. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 06 15; 201(12):1557-1559.
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SARS-CoV-2 Reverse Genetics Reveals a Variable Infection Gradient in the Respiratory Tract. Cell. 2020 07 23; 182(2):429-446.e14.
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ERBB3-induced furin promotes the progression and metastasis of ovarian cancer via the IGF1R/STAT3 signaling axis. Oncogene. 2020 04; 39(14):2921-2933.
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The expression of prostaglandin receptors EP3 and EP4 in human cervix in post-term pregnancy differs between failed and successful labor induction. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2014 Feb; 93(2):159-67.
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E-selectin ligand-1 regulates growth plate homeostasis in mice by inhibiting the intracellular processing and secretion of mature TGF-beta. J Clin Invest. 2010 Jul; 120(7):2474-85.
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Intracellular trypsin induces pancreatic acinar cell death but not NF-kappaB activation. J Biol Chem. 2009 Jun 26; 284(26):17488-98.
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Cleavage targets and the D-arginine-based inhibitors of the West Nile virus NS3 processing proteinase. Biochem J. 2006 Jan 15; 393(Pt 2):503-11.
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Regional localization of three convertases, PC1 (Nec-1), PC2 (Nec-2), and furin (Fur), on mouse chromosomes. Genomics. 1992 Aug; 13(4):1356-8.