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Cathepsin D expression levels in nongynecological solid tumors: clinical and therapeutic implications.
2004
Cathepsin D is a lysosomal acid proteinase which is involved in the malignant progression of breast cancer and other gynecological tumors. Clinical investigations have shown that in breast cancer patients cathepsin D overexpression was significantly correlated with a shorter free-time disease and overall survival, whereas in patients with ovarian or endometrial cancer this phenomenon was associated with tumor aggressiveness and a degree of chemoresistance to various antitumor drugs such as anthracyclines, cis-platinum and vinca alkaloids. Therefore, a lot of research has been undertaken to evaluate the role and the prognostic value of cathepsin D also in other solid neoplasms. However, conf…
Pepstatins: Aspartic proteinase inhibitors having potential therapeutic applications
1993
Cathepsin D (EC 3.4.23.5) is a lysomal aspartie proteinase that is involved, under normal phusiologycal conditions, ...