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Cystatins

Known as: Cystatin Superfamily, Cystatins [Chemical/Ingredient], cystatin 
A homologous group of endogenous CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS. The cystatins inhibit most CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES such as PAPAIN, and other… 
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Cysteine Proteinase InhibitorsProtease Inhibitors

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Diallyl disulfide causes caspase-dependent apoptosis in human cancer cells through a Bax-triggered mitochondrial pathway.
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Proteomic analysis and characterisation of human cervico‐vaginal fluid proteins
Aim:  Cervico‐vaginal fluid (CVF) may provide insight into the biochemical pathways of human reproduction and parturition. The… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Parasite-Specific Immunomodulatory Functions of Filarial Cystatin
ABSTRACT Cystatins of parasitic nematodes are well-described pathogenicity factors which contribute to downregulation of T-cell… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Plant seed cystatins and their target enzymes of endogenous and exogenous origin.
Cystatins are protein inhibitors of cysteine proteinases of the papain family, and those of animal origin have long been studied… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Selective inhibition of Colorado potato beetle cathepsin H by oryzacystatins I and II
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Identification of a 33-kilodalton immunodominant antigen of Trypanosoma congolense as a cysteine protease.
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Purification and characterization of a novel thiol protease involved in processing the enkephalin precursor.
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Two distinct cystatin species in rice seeds with different specificities against cysteine proteinases. Molecular cloning, expression, and biochemical studies on oryzacystatin-II.
Oryzacystatin (oryzacystatin-I) is a proteinaceous cysteine proteinase inhibitor (cystatin) in rice seeds and is the first well… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Conditioning of meat from different species. Relationship between tenderising and the levels of cathepsin B, cathepsin L, calpain I, calpain II and β-glucuronidase.
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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