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Multi‑faceted roles of cathepsins in ischemia reperfusion injury (Review)

  • Authors:
    • Jaime Huertas
    • H. Thomas Lee
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  • Published online on: October 26, 2022     https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2022.12885
  • Article Number: 368
  • Copyright: © Huertas et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Cathepsins are one of the most abundant proteases within the lysosomes with diverse physiological effects ranging from immune responses, cell death and intracellular protein degradation. Cathepsins are involved in extracellular and systemic functions such as systemic inflammation and extracellular matrix degradation. Ischemia reperfusion (IR) injury is responsible for numerous diseases including myocardial infarction, acute kidney injury, stroke and acute graft failure after transplant surgery. Inflammation plays a major role in the reperfusion phase of IR injury and previous research has shown that cathepsins are key mediators of the inflammation cascade as well as apoptosis. Taken together, cathepsins modulation could provide potential therapeutic approaches to attenuate IR injury. The present review summarized the current understanding of various cathepsin subtypes, their major physiologic functions, their roles in multi‑organ IR injury and detailed selective cathepsin inhibitors with therapeutic potential.
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Huertas J and Huertas J: Multi‑faceted roles of cathepsins in ischemia reperfusion injury (Review). Mol Med Rep 26: 368, 2022
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Huertas, J., & Huertas, J. (2022). Multi‑faceted roles of cathepsins in ischemia reperfusion injury (Review). Molecular Medicine Reports, 26, 368. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2022.12885
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Huertas, J., Lee, H."Multi‑faceted roles of cathepsins in ischemia reperfusion injury (Review)". Molecular Medicine Reports 26.6 (2022): 368.
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Huertas, J., Lee, H."Multi‑faceted roles of cathepsins in ischemia reperfusion injury (Review)". Molecular Medicine Reports 26, no. 6 (2022): 368. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2022.12885