[HTML][HTML] Cysteine cathepsins: from structure, function and regulation to new frontiers

V Turk, V Stoka, O Vasiljeva, M Renko, T Sun… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2012 - Elsevier
It is more than 50years since the lysosome was discovered. Since then its hydrolytic
machinery, including proteases and other hydrolases, has been fairly well identified and …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Lysosomal cathepsins and their regulation in aging and neurodegeneration

V Stoka, V Turk, B Turk - Ageing research reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Lysosomes and lysosomal hydrolases, including the cathepsins, have been shown to
change their properties with aging brain a long time ago, although their function was not …

Proteomic identification of protease cleavage sites characterizes prime and non-prime specificity of cysteine cathepsins B, L, and S

ML Biniossek, DK Nägler… - Journal of proteome …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Cysteine cathepsins mediate proteome homeostasis and have pivotal functions in diseases
such as cancer. To better understand substrate recognition by cathepsins B, L, and S, we …

Comprehensive search for cysteine cathepsins in the human genome

A Rossi, Q Deveraux, B Turk, A Sali - 2004 - degruyter.com
Our study was aimed at examinating whether or not the human genome encodes for
previously unreported cysteine cathepsins. To this end, we used analyses of the genome …

TRPV4 as a therapeutic target for joint diseases

AL McNulty, HA Leddy, W Liedtke, F Guilak - … -Schmiedeberg's archives of …, 2015 - Springer
Biomechanical factors play a critical role in regulating the physiology as well as the
pathology of multiple joint tissues and have been implicated in the pathogenesis of …

Lysosomal cysteine proteases (cathepsins): promising drug targets

D Turk, G Gunčar - Acta Crystallographica Section D: Biological …, 2003 - journals.iucr.org
Papain-like lysosomal cysteine proteases are processive and digestive enzymes expressed
in organisms from bacteria to humans. Their ubiquity alone makes them potential drug …

Plasmodium falciparum SERA5 plays a non‐enzymatic role in the malarial asexual blood‐stage lifecycle

R Stallmach, M Kavishwar… - Molecular …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The malaria parasite P lasmodium falciparum replicates in an intraerythrocytic
parasitophorous vacuole (PV). The most abundant P. falciparum PV protein, called SERA 5 …

Development of nitrile-based peptidic inhibitors of cysteine cathepsins

M Frizler, M Stirnberg, MT Sisay… - Current topics in …, 2010 - ingentaconnect.com
It is now becoming clear that several papain-like cysteine cathepsins are involved in the
pathophysiology of diseases such as osteoporosis, autoimmune disorders, and cancer …

Inhibitory fragment from the p41 form of invariant chain can regulate activity of cysteine cathepsins in antigen presentation

M Miheliĕ, A Doberšek, G Gunĕar, D Turk - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2008 - ASBMB
Cysteine cathepsins play an indispensable role in proteolytic processing of the major
histocompatibility complex class II-associated invariant chain (Ii) and foreign antigens in a …