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Cystatin C (substance)

Known as: Cystatin 3, Cystatin-C, Post-gamma-Globulin 
An extracellular cystatin subtype that is abundantly expressed in bodily fluids. It may play a role in the inhibition of interstitial CYSTEINE… 
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Age related macular degenerationAmyloidosisCST3 geneCerebrospinal Fluid

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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Effects of potato plants expressing a barley cystatin on the predatory bug Podisus maculiventris via herbivorous prey feeding on the plant
The aim of this study was to assess the effects of potato plants expressing a barley cystatin on a potentially cystatin… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Newly identified proteins in human nasal and bronchoalveolar lavage fluids: Potential biomedical and clinical applications
Protein patterns of nasal lavage fluid (NLF) and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) were analyzed with two‐dimensional gel… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
A Novel Cysteine Protease Inhibitor of the Egg of Chum Salmon, Containing a Cysteine-rich Thyroglobulin-like Motif (*)
ECI, one of three isoforms of cysteine protease inhibitor found in chum salmon eggs was purified to homogeneity, and its complete… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Degradation of host protease inhibitors and activation of plasminogen by proteolytic enzymes from Porphyromonas gingivalis and Treponema denticola.
Bacterial proteases may participate in the pathogenesis of periodontal diseases through their action on host proteins. In the… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Inhibition of cruzipain, the major cysteine proteinase of the protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, by proteinase inhibitors of the cystatin superfamily
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Cathepsin B activity in human lung tumor cell lines: ultrastructural localization, pH sensitivity, and inhibitor status at the cellular level.
We investigated the appearance and activity of the cysteine proteinase cathepsin B and its physiological inhibitors, stefins A… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Conformational variability of chicken cystatin. Comparison of structures determined by X-ray diffraction and NMR spectroscopy.
The structural model derived from X-ray crystallography for unphosphorylated wild-type chicken cystatin is compared with two… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Papain-inhibitory activity of oryzacystatin, a rice seed cysteine proteinase inhibitor, depends on the central Gln-Val-Val-Ala-Gly region conserved among cystatin superfamily members.
Oryzacystatin, a cysteine proteinase inhibitor occurring in rice seeds, contains a particular glycine residue (Gly5) near the NH2… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Oligoclonal IgG and free light chains in multiple sclerosis demonstrated by thin‐layer polyacrylamide gel isoelectric focusing and immunofixation
A modified technique of isoelectric focusing on thin‐layer polyacrylamide gel followed by immunofixation with monospecific… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Immunofixation electrophoretic techniques applied to identification of proteins in serum and cerebrospinal fluid.
We describe the application of immunofixation staining of agarose-gel electrophoretograms in areas where its use in the clinical… 
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