"Chymases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A family of neutral serine proteases with CHYMOTRYPSIN-like activity. Chymases are primarily found in the SECRETORY GRANULES of MAST CELLS and are released during mast cell degranulation.
| Descriptor ID |
D053818
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.656.300.760.103 D08.811.277.656.959.350.103
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| Concept/Terms |
Chymases- Chymases
- Chymase
- Chymotrypsin-Like Proteases
- Chymotrypsin Like Proteases
- Chymotrypsin-Like Protease
- Chymotrypsin Like Protease
- Chymase-1
- Chymase 1
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chymases" by people in Profiles.
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Hooshdaran B, Kolpakov MA, Guo X, Miller SA, Wang T, Tilley DG, Rafiq K, Sabri A. Dual inhibition of cathepsin G and chymase reduces myocyte death and improves cardiac remodeling after myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury. Basic Res Cardiol. 2017 09 14; 112(6):62.
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Lazaar AL, Plotnick MI, Kucich U, Crichton I, Lotfi S, Das SK, Kane S, Rosenbloom J, Panettieri RA, Schechter NM, Pur? E. Mast cell chymase modifies cell-matrix interactions and inhibits mitogen-induced proliferation of human airway smooth muscle cells. J Immunol. 2002 Jul 15; 169(2):1014-20.
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Sayama S, Iozzo RV, Lazarus GS, Schechter NM. Human skin chymotrypsin-like proteinase chymase. Subcellular localization to mast cell granules and interaction with heparin and other glycosaminoglycans. J Biol Chem. 1987 May 15; 262(14):6808-15.