basic FUNCTION
| cysteine protease with dipeptidase activity involved in the pathogenesis of bronchial asthma |
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can act as both an exopeptidase and endopeptidase |
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activates serine proteases such as elastase, cathepsin G and granzymes A and B |
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play a key role in regulating neutrophil recruitment at sites of inflammation |
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having a necessary role for neutrophil recruitment into the diseased aorta and acting to amplify vascular wall inflammation that leads to abdominal aortic aneurysms |
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cysteine protease required for the activation of several pro-inflammatory serine proteases |
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propeptide of cathepsin C may stimulate the sorting to the lysosome |
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activate KLK4 during enamel formation |