Serum cathepsin K levels of patients with longstanding rheumatoid arthritis: correlation with radiological destruction

Cathepsin K is a cysteine protease that plays an essential role in osteoclast function and in the degradation of protein components of the bone matrix by cleaving proteins such as collagen type I, collagen type II and osteonectin. Cathepsin K therefore plays a role in bone remodelling and resorption...

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Autores principales: Skoumal, Martin, Haberhauer, Günther, Kolarz, Gernot, Hawa, Gerhard, Woloszczuk, Wolfgang, Klingler, Anton
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1064888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15642144
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar1461