Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various proteolytic enzymes found in animal tissue that catalyze the hydrolysis of proteins into polypeptides.
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- noun biochemistry Any of a family of
proteases primarily active withinlysosomes .
Etymologies
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Santora said odanacatib works by inhibiting an enzyme called cathepsin K.
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Santora said odanacatib works by inhibiting an enzyme called cathepsin K.
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Instead, the chloroquine molecule appears to block the action of a key enzyme, called cathepsin L, which is essential to the virus's growth and maturation.
GEN News Highlights 2009
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Instead, the chloroquine molecule appears to block the action of a key enzyme, called cathepsin L, which is essential to the virus's growth and maturation.
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SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- New clinical and pre-clinical data on Merck's odanacatib, an investigational cathepsin K (cat-K) inhibitor for the treatment of osteoporosis in post-menopausal women, were presented at the 33
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Abstract # 1030; Oral Session 05: New Approaches to Osteoporosis Treatment Preclinical, September 17, 2011, 10:45 - 11:00 AM PT - Efficacy of the combination regimens of the cathepsin K inhibitor odanacatib versus alendronate with parathyroid hormone in estrogen-deficient rabbits
unknown title 2011
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Odanacatib selectively inhibits cathepsin K, the major enzyme in osteoclasts that is responsible for the breakdown of existing bone tissue.
unknown title 2011
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Medivir presented preclinical data from its cathepsin K inhibitor program at the ASBMR meeting
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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Boudreau F, Lussier CR, Mongrain S, Darsigny M, Drouin JL, et al. (2007) Loss of cathepsin L activity promotes claudin-1 overexpression and intestinal neoplasia.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Michel V. L�vesque et al. 2010
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RNAi; MMP-9; uPAR; cathepsin; prostate cancer; apoptosis
Naturejobs - All Jobs A K Nalla 2010
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