Cargando…
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...
| Autores principales: | , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Formato: | Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
| Publicado: |
BioMed Central
2005
|
| Materias: | |
| 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 |