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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… 
National Institutes of Health

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Age related macular degenerationAmyloidosisCST3 geneCerebrospinal Fluid

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CST3 protein, human

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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Prediction of Incident Heart Failure in General Practice: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study
Background—A simple and effective heart failure (HF) risk score would facilitate the primary prevention and early diagnosis of HF… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
Blood lead level and kidney function in US adolescents: The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
BACKGROUND Chronic, high-level lead exposure is a known risk factor for kidney disease. The effect of current low-level… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Serum cystatin C as an endogenous marker of renal function in patients with mild to moderate impairment of kidney function.
BACKGROUND Estimation of the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is essential for the evaluation of patients with chronic kidney… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
AtCYS1, a cystatin from Arabidopsis thaliana, suppresses hypersensitive cell death.
In plants, cysteine protease inhibitors are involved in the regulation of protein turnover and play an important role in… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Host Cell Invasion by TRYPANOSOMA cRUZI Is Potentiated by Activation of Bradykinin B2 Receptors
The parasitic protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi employs multiple molecular strategies to invade a broad range of nonphagocytic cells… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Cysteine Proteinases and Their Inhibitors in Extracellular Fluids: Markers for Diagnosis and Prognosis in Cancer
Cathepsins B, H and L have been shown to participate in processes of tumor growth, vascularization, invasion and metastasis… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
The expression and function of cystatin C and cathepsin B and cathepsin L during mouse embryo implantation and placentation.
The implantation of the mouse embryo requires the controlled invasion of the uterine stroma by the embryonic trophoblast. This… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Molecular cloning of a cysteine proteinase inhibitor of rice (oryzacystatin). Homology with animal cystatins and transient expression in the ripening process of rice seeds.
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Amyloid fibrils in hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis of Icelandic type is a variant of gamma-trace basic protein (cystatin C).
A gamma-trace variant protein is the major constituent of the amyloid fibrils in patients from Iceland with hereditary cerebral… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Human low-Mr kininogen contains three copies of a cystatin sequence that are divergent in structure and in inhibitory activity for cysteine proteinases.
We point out that human low-Mr kininogen contains three cystatin-like sequences, rather than two, as had previously been thought… 
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