Significance of cathepsin B accumulation in synovial fluid of rheumatoid arthritis

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 283, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 334-339

  Hashimoto, Yoko ^a   Kakegawa, Hisao ^b   Narita, Yasushi ^c   Hachiya, Yudo ^c   Hayakawa, Taro ^a   Kos, Janko ^d   Turk, Vito ^d   Katunuma, Nobuhiko ^e  

^a AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Hachiya Orthopaedic Hospital   (Slovenia)

^d JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^e TOKUSHIMA BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cathepsin B; Cysteine proteinase; Human; Osteoarthritis; Procathepsin L; Rheumatoid arthritis; Synovial fluid; Zymography

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN B; COLLAGEN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; METALLOPROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; ZYMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034805342     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.4787     Document Type: Article

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