Disease-modifying therapeutic strategies in osteoarthritis: current status and future directions

Y Cho, S Jeong, H Kim, D Kang, J Lee… - … & molecular medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis. It is characterized by progressive
destruction of articular cartilage and the development of chronic pain and constitutes a …

[HTML][HTML] The Ins and Outs of Cathepsins: Physiological Function and Role in Disease Management

T Yadati, T Houben, A Bitorina, R Shiri-Sverdlov - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cathepsins are the most abundant lysosomal proteases that are mainly found in acidic
endo/lysosomal compartments where they play a vital role in intracellular protein …

Increased glucose metabolism in TAMs fuels O-GlcNAcylation of lysosomal Cathepsin B to promote cancer metastasis and chemoresistance

Q Shi, Q Shen, Y Liu, Y Shi, W Huang, X Wang, Z Li… - Cancer cell, 2022 - cell.com
How glucose metabolism remodels pro-tumor functions of tumor-associated macrophages
(TAMs) needs further investigation. Here we show that M2-like TAMs bear the highest …

[HTML][HTML] Cathepsin C promotes breast cancer lung metastasis by modulating neutrophil infiltration and neutrophil extracellular trap formation

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E Vidak, U Javoršek, M Vizovišek, B Turk - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
For a long time, cysteine cathepsins were considered primarily as proteases crucial for
nonspecific bulk proteolysis in the endolysosomal system. However, this view has …

[HTML][HTML] Cathepsin S (CTSS) activity in health and disease-A treasure trove of untapped clinical potential

P Smyth, J Sasiwachirangkul, R Williams… - Molecular aspects of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Amongst the lysosomal cysteine cathepsin family of proteases, cathepsin S (CTSS) holds
particular interest due to distinctive properties including a normal restricted expression …