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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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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Improved equations estimating GFR in children with chronic kidney disease using an immunonephelometric determination of cystatin C
The Chronic Kidney Disease in Children study is a cohort of about 600 children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the United… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Cystatin C and Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury
Background— Cystatin C (CyC) is more sensitive than serum creatinine (sCr) to rapidly detect acute changes in renal function… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Chronic kidney disease increases risk for venous thromboembolism.
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Microalbuminuria and the risk for early progressive renal function decline in type 1 diabetes.
This study aimed to establish the time of initiation and the determinants of renal function decline in type 1 diabetes. Until now… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Dynamics of brain-derived proteins in cerebrospinal fluid.
  • H. Reiber
  • Clinica chimica acta; international journal of…
  • 2001
  • Corpus ID: 15971876
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… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Inhibition of Mammalian Legumain by Some Cystatins Is Due to a Novel Second Reactive Site*
We have investigated the inhibition of the recently identified family C13 cysteine peptidase, pig legumain, by human cystatin C… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Yeast prohormone processing enzyme (KEX2 gene product) is a Ca2+-dependent serine protease.
The KEX2-encoded endoprotease was overproduced in yeast several hundred-fold and further purified to achieve a 10,000-fold… 
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… 
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