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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779963203321

Titolo

Cellular peptidases in immune functions and diseases 2 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jürgen Langner and Siegfried Ansorge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Kluwer Academic/Plenum, c2000

ISBN

1-280-04290-7

9786610042906

0-306-46826-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2002.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (537 p.)

Collana

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, , 0065-2598 ; ; 477 , 0065-2598

Altri autori (Persone)

LangnerJürgen

AnsorgeSiegfried

Disciplina

616.07/9

Soggetti

Peptidase - Immunology

Peptidase - Pathophysiology

Endopeptidases - Immunology

Endopeptidases - Pathophysiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Proceedings of an International Conference on Cellular Peptidases in Immune Functions and Diseases (II), held September 12-14, 1999, in Magdeburg, Germany"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Membrane Ectopeptidases with Influence on Immune Functions -- Review: The Role of Membrane Peptidase in Immune Functions -- Structure and Function of Aminopeptidase N -- Modulation of WNT-5At Eexpression by Actinonin: Linkage of APN to the WNT-Pathway? -- Enzymatic Activity Is Not A Precondition For The Intracellular Calcium Increase Mediated By mAbs Specific For Aminopeptidase N/CD13 -- Transforming Growth Factor-? Increases the Expression of Aminopeptidase N/CD13 mRNA and Protein in Monocytes and Monocytic Cell Lines -- Cell-Cell Contact Between Lymphocytes and Fibroblast-Like Synovioctyes Induces Lymphocytic Expression of Aminopeptidase n/cd13 and Results in Lymphocytic Activation -- Natural Substrates of Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV -- Relating Structure to Function in the Beta-Propeller Domain of Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV -- Development of a Tertiary-Structure Model of the C-Terminal Domain



of DPP IV -- Post Proline Cleaving Peptidases Having DP IV Like Enzyme Activity -- A New Type of Fluorogenic Substrates for Determination of Cellular Dipeptidyl Peptidese IV (DP IV/CD26) Activity -- Potent Inhibitors of Dipeptidyl Peptidase iv and Their Mechanisms of Inhibition -- N-Terminal HIV-1 Tat Nonapeptides as Inhibitors of Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV. Conformational Characterization -- Signal Transduction Events Induced or Affected by Inhibition of the Catalytic Activity of Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV (DP IV, CD26) -- Specific Inhibitors of Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV Suppress mRNA Expression of DP IV/CD26 and Cytokines -- Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV in Inflammatory CNS Disease -- Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV (CD26): Role in T Cell Activation and Autoimmune Disease -- Effects of Nonapeptides Derived From the N-terminal Structure of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV-1) Tat on Suppression of CD26-Dependent T Cell Growth -- DNA Synthesis in Cultured Human Keratinocytes and Hacat Kerationcytes is Reduced by Specific Inhibition of Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV (CD26) Enzymatic Activity -- Attractin: A Cub-Family Protease Involved in T Cell-Monocyte/Macrophage Interactions -- Analogs of Glucose-Dependent Insulinotropic Polypeptide With Increased Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV Resistance -- Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV (DPP IV, CD26) In Patients With Mental Eating Disorders -- The Membrane-Bound Ectopeptidase CPM as a Marker Of Macrophage Maturation in vitro And in vivo -- Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMP-8, -13 and -14) Interact with the Clotting System and Degrade Fibrinogen and Factor XII (Hagemann Factor) -- The Neprilysin Family in Health and Disease -- Cellular Endopeptidases: New Cathepsins; Results from Knock-out-mice; Regulatory Aspects -- Review: Novel Cysteine Proteases of the Papain Family -- Development and Validation of Homology Models of Human Cathepsins K, S, H, and F -- The Function of Propeptide Domains of Cysteine Proteinases -- Human Cathepsins W and F form A New Subgroup of Cathepsins that is Evolutionary Separated from the Cathepsin B- and L-Like Cysteine Proteases -- Cathepsin K Expression in Human Lung -- Expression of Cathepsins B and L in Human Lung Epithelial Cells is Regulated by Cytokines -- Functions of Cathepsin K in Bone Resorption -- Ceramide as an Activator Lipid of Cathepsin D -- Human Cathepsin X -- A Novel Proteolytic Mechanism for Termination of the Ca2+ Signalling Evoked by Proteinase-Activated Receptor-1 (PAR-1) in Rat Astrocytes -- Natural and Synthetic Inhibitors of The Tumor-Associated Serine Protease Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator -- Processing of Interleukin-18 by Human Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells -- Peptidases and Peptidase Inhibitors in Pathogensis of Diseases -- Review: Peptidases and Peptidase Inhibitors in the Pathogenesis of Diseases -- The Role of Proteolysis in Alzheimer’s Disease -- Observing Proteases in Living Cells -- The Role of Cysteine Proteases in Intracellular Pancreatic Serine Protease Activation -- Peptidases in the Asthmatic Airways -- Inactivation of Interleukin-6 by Neutrophil Proteases at Sites of Inflammation -- Antisense Inhibition of Cathepsin Bina Human Osteosarcoma Cell Line -- Protease-Protease Inhibitor Balance in the Gastric Mucosa -- The Role of Bacterial and Host Proteinases in Periodontal Disease -- Multifunctional Role of Proteases in Rhumatic Diseases -- Evidence of Proteolytic Activation of Transforming Growth Factor ? in Synovial Fluid -- Matrix Metalloproteinases and Tace Play A Role in The Pathogenesis of Endometriosis -- Influence of Proliferation, Differentiation and Dedifferentiation Factors on the Expression of the Lysosomal Cysteine Proteinase Cathepsin L (CL) in Thyroid Cancer Cell Lines.