Analysis of proteins with caseinolytic activity in a human stratum corneum extract revealed a yet unidentified cysteine protease and identified the so-called "stratum corneum thiol protease" as cathepsin L2

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 592-600

  Bernard, D ^a,b   Mehul B ^a   Thomas Collignon, A ^a   Simonetti, L ^a   Remy, V ^a   Bernard, M A ^a   Schmidt, R ^a  

^a L ORÉAL RECHERCHE   (France)

^b Centre Charles Zviak   (France)

Author keywords

Cathepsin D; Cathepsin L2; Desquamation; Proteases; SCCE; SCCL; SCTE; SCTP

Indexed keywords

CASEIN; CATHEPSIN D; CATHEPSIN E; CATHEPSIN L; CATHEPSIN L2; CHYMOTRYPSIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; PROTEIN; STRATUM CORNEUM EXTRACT; THIOL PROTEINASE; TISSUE EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESQUAMATION; GEL FILTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROLYSIS; KERATINOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRATUM CORNEUM;

EID: 0037379365     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2003.12086.x     Document Type: Article

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