Endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) display a unique ability to repair vascular injury and promote neovascularization although the underlying molecular mechanisms remain poorly understood...
Keywords: Endothelial progenitor, urokinase, Angiogenesis, proteolysis
04/2006 | Thrombosis and Haemostasis, SchattauerPlasma kallikrein plays a role in coagulation, fibrinolysis and inflammation. Cathepsins B and L participate in (patho)physiological processes such as peptide antigen processing, tissue remodeling events, protein turnover in cells, hormone processing and tumor invasion...
Keywords: cathepsins, kallikrein, kinin system, proteolysis
11/2004 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de GruyterThe conversion of cellular prion protein (PrPC) into its pathological isoform (PrPSc) conveys an increase in hydrophobicity and induces a partial resistance to proteinase K (PK)...
Keywords: BSE, prion protein, proteinase K, proteolysis, scrapie
08/2004 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de GruyterThe sodium taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide (Ntcp, Slc10a1) is the major uptake system for bile acids into liver cells...
Keywords: aggresome, integral membrane proteins, N-linked glycosylation, proteasome, proteolysis, ubiquitin
10/2005 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de GruyterPolyphenol oxidase (PPO) was extracted from beet root, in both soluble and membrane fractions, and in both cases the enzyme was in a latent state...
Keywords: Beta vulgaris, betalains, latency, proteolysis, tyrosinase
06/2005 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de GruyterBlood coagulation factor XII (FXII, Hageman factor) is a plasma serine protease which is autoactivated following contact with negatively charged surfaces in a reaction involving plasma kallikrein and high-molecular-weight kininogen (contact phase activation)...
Keywords: bradykinin, Coagulation, inflammation, kallikrein-kinin system, plasma proteins, proteolysis
02/2006 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de GruyterCalpains are a large family of Ca2+-dependent cysteine proteases that are ubiquitously distributed across most cell types and vertebrate species...
Keywords: calpain, calpastatin, cyclin-dependent kinases, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, proteolysis, p19INK4d
03/2006 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de GruyterBacterial and eukaryotic Cu,Zn superoxide dismutases show remarkable differences in the active site region and in their quaternary structure organization...
Keywords: conformational stability, Cu,ZnSOD, monomer-dimer equilibrium, peroxidative activity, proteolysis, quaternary structure
08/2004 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de GruyterAlthough cysteine cathepsins, including cathepsin K, are sensitive to oxidation, proteolytically active forms are found at inflammatory sites...
Keywords: cysteine cathepsin, inflammation, Oxidation, protease, proteolysis, sulfenic acid
08/2008 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de GruyterInflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is the most aggressive form of breast cancer, and here, we examined
Keywords: cathepsin B, caveolin-1, co-culture, extracellular matrix, proteolysis
08/2008 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de GruyterA cDNA encoding insulin-degrading enzyme (IDE) was cloned from tomato (
Keywords: insulinase, insulysin, metalloprotease, plant, proteolysis
01/2008 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de Gruyter