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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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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
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Diagnostic and prognostic stratification in the emergency department using urinary biomarkers of nephron damage: a multicenter prospective cohort study.
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Urinary clusterin, cystatin C, β2-microglobulin and total protein as markers to detect drug-induced kidney injury
Earlier and more reliable detection of drug-induced kidney injury would improve clinical care and help to streamline drug… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Contrast-induced nephropathy and long-term adverse events: cause and effect?
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The relationship of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) to long-term adverse events (AEs) is… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Chronic kidney disease increases risk for venous thromboembolism.
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Determination of the production rate and non‐renal clearance of cystatin C and estimation of the glomerular filtration rate from the serum concentration of cystatin C in humans
Cystatin C has been proposed as an endogenous marker for measuring glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and is regarded as being… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Fasciola hepatica cathepsin L-like proteases: biology, function, and potential in the development of first generation liver fluke vaccines.
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Serum cystatin C concentration as a marker of renal dysfunction in the elderly.
Serum cystatin C is a novel marker of renal function claimed to be superior to plasma creatinine. We assessed both parameters in… 
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
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Cystatin, a protein inhibitor of cysteine proteinases. Improved purification from egg white, characterization, and detection in chicken serum.
The protein from chicken egg white that inhibits cysteine proteinases, and has been named 'cystatin', was purified by ovomucin… 
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