Cathepsin D and cathepsin L activities in aortic aneurysm wall and parietal thrombus

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 449-452

  Gacko, Marek ^a   Głowiński, Stanisław ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Cathepsin activities; Parietal thrombus

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN D; CATHEPSIN L; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH PARIETAL CELL; THROMBUS;

AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM; CATHEPSIN D; CATHEPSINS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0344043409     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.1998.075     Document Type: Article

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