Cystatins

"Cystatins" 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.

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A homologous group of endogenous CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS. The cystatins inhibit most CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES such as PAPAIN, and other peptidases which have a sulfhydryl group at the active site.


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  1. Cystatin F attenuates neuroinflammation and demyelination following murine coronavirus infection of the central nervous system. J Neuroinflammation. 2024 Jun 15; 21(1):157.
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  2. Inflammatory, Oxidative Stress, and Cardiac Damage Biomarkers and Radiation-Induced Fatigue in Breast Cancer Survivors. Biol Res Nurs. 2022 10; 24(4):472-483.
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  3. Isoforms of Cathepsin B1 in Neurotropic Schistosomula of Trichobilharzia regenti Differ in Substrate Preferences and a Highly Expressed Catalytically Inactive Paralog Binds Cystatin. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2020; 10:66.
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  4. An update on the use and discovery of prognostic biomarkers in acute decompensated heart failure. Expert Rev Mol Diagn. 2019 11; 19(11):1019-1029.
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  5. Cystatin F as a regulator of immune cell cytotoxicity. Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2018 Dec; 67(12):1931-1938.
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  6. The Tick Protein Sialostatin L2 Binds to Annexin A2 and Inhibits NLRC4-Mediated Inflammasome Activation. Infect Immun. 2016 06; 84(6):1796-1805.
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  7. Regulation of split anergy in natural killer cells by inhibition of cathepsins C and H and cystatin F. Oncotarget. 2015 Sep 08; 6(26):22310-27.
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  8. Maize death acids, 9-lipoxygenase-derived cyclopente(a)nones, display activity as cytotoxic phytoalexins and transcriptional mediators. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Sep 08; 112(36):11407-12.
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  9. Synthetic and natural protease inhibitors provide insights into parasite development, virulence and pathogenesis. Curr Med Chem. 2013; 20(25):3078-102.
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  10. Cathepsin B degrades amyloid-β in mice expressing wild-type human amyloid precursor protein. J Biol Chem. 2012 Nov 16; 287(47):39834-41.
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