Cao L, Taggart RT, Berquin IM, Moin K, Fong D, Sloane BF. Human gastric adenocarcinoma cathepsin B: isolation and sequencing of full-length cDNAs and polymorphisms of the gene. Gene. February 1994, 139 (2): 163–9. PMID 8112600. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(94)90750-1.
Lai WF, Chang CH, Tang Y, Bronson R, Tung CH. Early diagnosis of osteoarthritis using cathepsin B sensitive near-infrared fluorescent probes. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. March 2004, 12 (3): 239–44. PMID 14972341. doi:10.1016/j.joca.2003.11.005.
Qian F, Frankfater A, Chan SJ, Steiner DF. The structure of the mouse cathepsin B gene and its putative promoter. DNA and Cell Biology. April 1991, 10 (3): 159–68. PMID 2012677. doi:10.1089/dna.1991.10.159.
Bao W, Fan Q, Luo X, Cheng WW, Wang YD, Li ZN, Chen XL, Wu D. Silencing of Cathepsin B suppresses the proliferation and invasion of endometrial cancer. Oncology Reports. August 2013, 30 (2): 723–30. PMID 23708264. doi:10.3892/or.2013.2496.
Yin M, Soikkeli J, Jahkola T, Virolainen S, Saksela O, Hölttä E. TGF-β signaling, activated stromal fibroblasts, and cysteine cathepsins B and L drive the invasive growth of human melanoma cells. The American Journal of Pathology. December 2012, 181 (6): 2202–16. PMID 23063511. doi:10.1016/j.ajpath.2012.08.027.
Houseweart MK, Pennacchio LA, Vilaythong A, Peters C, Noebels JL, Myers RM. Cathepsin B but not cathepsins L or S contributes to the pathogenesis of Unverricht-Lundborg progressive myoclonus epilepsy (EPM1). Journal of Neurobiology. September 2003, 56 (4): 315–27. PMID 12918016. doi:10.1002/neu.10253.
Ni H, Ren SY, Zhang LL, Sun Q, Tian T, Feng X. Expression profiles of hippocampal regenerative sprouting-related genes and their regulation by E-64d in a developmental rat model of penicillin-induced recurrent epilepticus. Toxicology Letters. February 2013, 217 (2): 162–9. PMID 23266720. doi:10.1016/j.toxlet.2012.12.010.
Luo CL, Chen XP, Yang R, Sun YX, Li QQ, Bao HJ, Cao QQ, Ni H, Qin ZH, Tao LY. Cathepsin B contributes to traumatic brain injury-induced cell death through a mitochondria-mediated apoptotic pathway. Journal of Neuroscience Research. October 2010, 88 (13): 2847–58. PMID 20653046. S2CID 2977933. doi:10.1002/jnr.22453.
Yoshida M, Yamashima T, Zhao L, Tsuchiya K, Kohda Y, Tonchev AB, Matsuda M, Kominami E. Primate neurons show different vulnerability to transient ischemia and response to cathepsin inhibition. Acta Neuropathologica. September 2002, 104 (3): 267–72. PMID 12172912. S2CID 10913622. doi:10.1007/s00401-002-0554-4.
Tsuchiya K, Kohda Y, Yoshida M, Zhao L, Ueno T, Yamashita J, Yoshioka T, Kominami E, Yamashima T. Postictal blockade of ischemic hippocampal neuronal death in primates using selective cathepsin inhibitors. Experimental Neurology. February 1999, 155 (2): 187–94. PMID 10072294. S2CID 22548769. doi:10.1006/exnr.1998.6988.
Tsubokawa T, Yamaguchi-Okada M, Calvert JW, Solaroglu I, Shimamura N, Yata K, Zhang JH. Neurovascular and neuronal protection by E64d after focal cerebral ischemia in rats. Journal of Neuroscience Research. September 2006, 84 (4): 832–40. PMID 16802320. S2CID 24194809. doi:10.1002/jnr.20977.
Hoegen T, Tremel N, Klein M, Angele B, Wagner H, Kirschning C, Pfister HW, Fontana A, Hammerschmidt S, Koedel U. The NLRP3 inflammasome contributes to brain injury in pneumococcal meningitis and is activated through ATP-dependent lysosomal cathepsin B release. Journal of Immunology. November 2011, 187 (10): 5440–51. PMID 22003197. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.1100790.
Hook VY, Kindy M, Hook G. Inhibitors of cathepsin B improve memory and reduce beta-amyloid in transgenic Alzheimer disease mice expressing the wild-type, but not the Swedish mutant, beta-secretase site of the amyloid precursor protein. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. March 2008, 283 (12): 7745–53. PMID 18184658. doi:10.1074/jbc.m708362200.
Hook V, Kindy M, Hook G. Cysteine protease inhibitors effectively reduce in vivo levels of brain beta-amyloid related to Alzheimer's disease. Biological Chemistry. February 2007, 388 (2): 247–52. PMID 17261088. S2CID 34617103. doi:10.1515/bc.2007.027.
Hook G, Hook VY, Kindy M. Cysteine protease inhibitors reduce brain beta-amyloid and beta-secretase activity in vivo and are potential Alzheimer's disease therapeutics. Biological Chemistry. September 2007, 388 (9): 979–83. PMID 17696783. S2CID 84162059. doi:10.1515/BC.2007.117.
van der Stappen JW, Williams AC, Maciewicz RA, Paraskeva C. Activation of cathepsin B, secreted by a colorectal cancer cell line requires low pH and is mediated by cathepsin D. International Journal of Cancer. August 1996, 67 (4): 547–54. PMID 8759615. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960807)67:4<547::AID-IJC14>3.0.CO;2-4.
Pavlova A, Björk I. Grafting of features of cystatins C or B into the N-terminal region or second binding loop of cystatin A (stefin A) substantially enhances inhibition of cysteine proteinases. Biochemistry. September 2003, 42 (38): 11326–33. PMID 14503883. doi:10.1021/bi030119v.
Estrada S, Nycander M, Hill NJ, Craven CJ, Waltho JP, Björk I. The role of Gly-4 of human cystatin A (stefin A) in the binding of target proteinases. Characterization by kinetic and equilibrium methods of the interactions of cystatin A Gly-4 mutants with papain, cathepsin B, and cathepsin L. Biochemistry. May 1998, 37 (20): 7551–60. PMID 9585570. doi:10.1021/bi980026r.
Mai J, Finley RL, Waisman DM, Sloane BF. Human procathepsin B interacts with the annexin II tetramer on the surface of tumor cells. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. April 2000, 275 (17): 12806–12. PMID 10777578. doi:10.1074/jbc.275.17.12806.
Cao L, Taggart RT, Berquin IM, Moin K, Fong D, Sloane BF. Human gastric adenocarcinoma cathepsin B: isolation and sequencing of full-length cDNAs and polymorphisms of the gene. Gene. February 1994, 139 (2): 163–9. PMID 8112600. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(94)90750-1.
Lai WF, Chang CH, Tang Y, Bronson R, Tung CH. Early diagnosis of osteoarthritis using cathepsin B sensitive near-infrared fluorescent probes. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. March 2004, 12 (3): 239–44. PMID 14972341. doi:10.1016/j.joca.2003.11.005.
Qian F, Frankfater A, Chan SJ, Steiner DF. The structure of the mouse cathepsin B gene and its putative promoter. DNA and Cell Biology. April 1991, 10 (3): 159–68. PMID 2012677. doi:10.1089/dna.1991.10.159.
Bao W, Fan Q, Luo X, Cheng WW, Wang YD, Li ZN, Chen XL, Wu D. Silencing of Cathepsin B suppresses the proliferation and invasion of endometrial cancer. Oncology Reports. August 2013, 30 (2): 723–30. PMID 23708264. doi:10.3892/or.2013.2496.
Yin M, Soikkeli J, Jahkola T, Virolainen S, Saksela O, Hölttä E. TGF-β signaling, activated stromal fibroblasts, and cysteine cathepsins B and L drive the invasive growth of human melanoma cells. The American Journal of Pathology. December 2012, 181 (6): 2202–16. PMID 23063511. doi:10.1016/j.ajpath.2012.08.027.
Houseweart MK, Pennacchio LA, Vilaythong A, Peters C, Noebels JL, Myers RM. Cathepsin B but not cathepsins L or S contributes to the pathogenesis of Unverricht-Lundborg progressive myoclonus epilepsy (EPM1). Journal of Neurobiology. September 2003, 56 (4): 315–27. PMID 12918016. doi:10.1002/neu.10253.
Ni H, Ren SY, Zhang LL, Sun Q, Tian T, Feng X. Expression profiles of hippocampal regenerative sprouting-related genes and their regulation by E-64d in a developmental rat model of penicillin-induced recurrent epilepticus. Toxicology Letters. February 2013, 217 (2): 162–9. PMID 23266720. doi:10.1016/j.toxlet.2012.12.010.
Luo CL, Chen XP, Yang R, Sun YX, Li QQ, Bao HJ, Cao QQ, Ni H, Qin ZH, Tao LY. Cathepsin B contributes to traumatic brain injury-induced cell death through a mitochondria-mediated apoptotic pathway. Journal of Neuroscience Research. October 2010, 88 (13): 2847–58. PMID 20653046. S2CID 2977933. doi:10.1002/jnr.22453.
Yoshida M, Yamashima T, Zhao L, Tsuchiya K, Kohda Y, Tonchev AB, Matsuda M, Kominami E. Primate neurons show different vulnerability to transient ischemia and response to cathepsin inhibition. Acta Neuropathologica. September 2002, 104 (3): 267–72. PMID 12172912. S2CID 10913622. doi:10.1007/s00401-002-0554-4.
Tsuchiya K, Kohda Y, Yoshida M, Zhao L, Ueno T, Yamashita J, Yoshioka T, Kominami E, Yamashima T. Postictal blockade of ischemic hippocampal neuronal death in primates using selective cathepsin inhibitors. Experimental Neurology. February 1999, 155 (2): 187–94. PMID 10072294. S2CID 22548769. doi:10.1006/exnr.1998.6988.
Tsubokawa T, Yamaguchi-Okada M, Calvert JW, Solaroglu I, Shimamura N, Yata K, Zhang JH. Neurovascular and neuronal protection by E64d after focal cerebral ischemia in rats. Journal of Neuroscience Research. September 2006, 84 (4): 832–40. PMID 16802320. S2CID 24194809. doi:10.1002/jnr.20977.
Hoegen T, Tremel N, Klein M, Angele B, Wagner H, Kirschning C, Pfister HW, Fontana A, Hammerschmidt S, Koedel U. The NLRP3 inflammasome contributes to brain injury in pneumococcal meningitis and is activated through ATP-dependent lysosomal cathepsin B release. Journal of Immunology. November 2011, 187 (10): 5440–51. PMID 22003197. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.1100790.
Hook VY, Kindy M, Hook G. Inhibitors of cathepsin B improve memory and reduce beta-amyloid in transgenic Alzheimer disease mice expressing the wild-type, but not the Swedish mutant, beta-secretase site of the amyloid precursor protein. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. March 2008, 283 (12): 7745–53. PMID 18184658. doi:10.1074/jbc.m708362200.
Hook V, Kindy M, Hook G. Cysteine protease inhibitors effectively reduce in vivo levels of brain beta-amyloid related to Alzheimer's disease. Biological Chemistry. February 2007, 388 (2): 247–52. PMID 17261088. S2CID 34617103. doi:10.1515/bc.2007.027.
Hook G, Hook VY, Kindy M. Cysteine protease inhibitors reduce brain beta-amyloid and beta-secretase activity in vivo and are potential Alzheimer's disease therapeutics. Biological Chemistry. September 2007, 388 (9): 979–83. PMID 17696783. S2CID 84162059. doi:10.1515/BC.2007.117.
van der Stappen JW, Williams AC, Maciewicz RA, Paraskeva C. Activation of cathepsin B, secreted by a colorectal cancer cell line requires low pH and is mediated by cathepsin D. International Journal of Cancer. August 1996, 67 (4): 547–54. PMID 8759615. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960807)67:4<547::AID-IJC14>3.0.CO;2-4.
Pavlova A, Björk I. Grafting of features of cystatins C or B into the N-terminal region or second binding loop of cystatin A (stefin A) substantially enhances inhibition of cysteine proteinases. Biochemistry. September 2003, 42 (38): 11326–33. PMID 14503883. doi:10.1021/bi030119v.
Estrada S, Nycander M, Hill NJ, Craven CJ, Waltho JP, Björk I. The role of Gly-4 of human cystatin A (stefin A) in the binding of target proteinases. Characterization by kinetic and equilibrium methods of the interactions of cystatin A Gly-4 mutants with papain, cathepsin B, and cathepsin L. Biochemistry. May 1998, 37 (20): 7551–60. PMID 9585570. doi:10.1021/bi980026r.
Mai J, Finley RL, Waisman DM, Sloane BF. Human procathepsin B interacts with the annexin II tetramer on the surface of tumor cells. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. April 2000, 275 (17): 12806–12. PMID 10777578. doi:10.1074/jbc.275.17.12806.
Luo CL, Chen XP, Yang R, Sun YX, Li QQ, Bao HJ, Cao QQ, Ni H, Qin ZH, Tao LY. Cathepsin B contributes to traumatic brain injury-induced cell death through a mitochondria-mediated apoptotic pathway. Journal of Neuroscience Research. October 2010, 88 (13): 2847–58. PMID 20653046. S2CID 2977933. doi:10.1002/jnr.22453.
Yoshida M, Yamashima T, Zhao L, Tsuchiya K, Kohda Y, Tonchev AB, Matsuda M, Kominami E. Primate neurons show different vulnerability to transient ischemia and response to cathepsin inhibition. Acta Neuropathologica. September 2002, 104 (3): 267–72. PMID 12172912. S2CID 10913622. doi:10.1007/s00401-002-0554-4.
Tsuchiya K, Kohda Y, Yoshida M, Zhao L, Ueno T, Yamashita J, Yoshioka T, Kominami E, Yamashima T. Postictal blockade of ischemic hippocampal neuronal death in primates using selective cathepsin inhibitors. Experimental Neurology. February 1999, 155 (2): 187–94. PMID 10072294. S2CID 22548769. doi:10.1006/exnr.1998.6988.
Tsubokawa T, Yamaguchi-Okada M, Calvert JW, Solaroglu I, Shimamura N, Yata K, Zhang JH. Neurovascular and neuronal protection by E64d after focal cerebral ischemia in rats. Journal of Neuroscience Research. September 2006, 84 (4): 832–40. PMID 16802320. S2CID 24194809. doi:10.1002/jnr.20977.
Hook V, Kindy M, Hook G. Cysteine protease inhibitors effectively reduce in vivo levels of brain beta-amyloid related to Alzheimer's disease. Biological Chemistry. February 2007, 388 (2): 247–52. PMID 17261088. S2CID 34617103. doi:10.1515/bc.2007.027.
Hook G, Hook VY, Kindy M. Cysteine protease inhibitors reduce brain beta-amyloid and beta-secretase activity in vivo and are potential Alzheimer's disease therapeutics. Biological Chemistry. September 2007, 388 (9): 979–83. PMID 17696783. S2CID 84162059. doi:10.1515/BC.2007.117.
Shi C, Zheng DD, Wu FM, Liu J, Xu J. The phosphatidyl inositol 3 kinase-glycogen synthase kinase 3β pathway mediates bilobalide-induced reduction in amyloid β-peptide. Neurochemical Research. February 2012, 37 (2): 298–306. PMID 21952928. S2CID 5744771. doi:10.1007/s11064-011-0612-1.