"Calpain" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Cysteine proteinase found in many tissues. Hydrolyzes a variety of endogenous proteins including NEUROPEPTIDES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; proteins from SMOOTH MUSCLE; CARDIAC MUSCLE; liver; platelets; and erythrocytes. Two subclasses having high and low calcium sensitivity are known. Removes Z-discs and M-lines from myofibrils. Activates phosphorylase kinase and cyclic nucleotide-independent protein kinase. This enzyme was formerly listed as EC 3.4.22.4.
| Descriptor ID |
D002154
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.656.262.500.120 D08.811.277.656.300.200.120
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| Concept/Terms |
Calpain- Calpain
- Calcium-Activated Protease
- Calcium Activated Protease
- Protease, Calcium-Activated
- Calcium-Dependent Neutral Proteinase
- Calcium Dependent Neutral Proteinase
- Neutral Proteinase, Calcium-Dependent
- Proteinase, Calcium-Dependent Neutral
- Calcium-Dependent Neutral Protease
- Calcium Dependent Neutral Protease
- Neutral Protease, Calcium-Dependent
- Protease, Calcium-Dependent Neutral
- Desminase
- Ca2+-Activated Protease
- Ca2+ Activated Protease
- Protease, Ca2+-Activated
- Calcium-Activated Neutral Proteinase
- Calcium Activated Neutral Proteinase
- Neutral Proteinase, Calcium-Activated
- Proteinase, Calcium-Activated Neutral
- Calcium-Activated Neutral Protease
- Calcium Activated Neutral Protease
- Neutral Protease, Calcium-Activated
- Protease, Calcium-Activated Neutral
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Calpain" by people in Profiles.
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IL-4 promotes asymmetric dimethylarginine accumulation, oxo-nitrative stress, and hypoxic response-induced mitochondrial loss in airway epithelial cells. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2016 07; 138(1):130-141.e9.
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Use of an Sm-p80-based therapeutic vaccine to kill established adult schistosome parasites in chronically infected baboons. J Infect Dis. 2014 Jun 15; 209(12):1929-40.
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Light induces programmed cell death by activating multiple independent proteases in a cone photoreceptor cell line. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2007 Jan; 48(1):40-51.
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Calmodulin-dependent cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase in an experimental rat model of cardiac ischemia-reperfusion. Can J Physiol Pharmacol. 2002 Jan; 80(1):59-66.
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Decreased expression of high-molecular-weight calmodulin-binding protein and its correlation with apoptosis in ischemia-reperfused rat heart. Cell Calcium. 2001 Jan; 29(1):59-71.
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N-myristoyltransferase. Mol Cell Biochem. 2000 Jan; 204(1-2):135-55.