Cathepsin C inhibitors as anti-inflammatory drug discovery: Challenges and opportunities

XB Shen, X Chen, ZY Zhang, FF Wu, XH Liu - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cathepsin C, an important lysosomal cysteine protease, mediates the maturation process of
neutrophil serine proteases, and participates in the inflammation and immune regulation …

Discovery and In Vivo Anti-inflammatory Activity Evaluation of a Novel Non-peptidyl Non-covalent Cathepsin C Inhibitor

X Chen, Y Yan, Z Zhang, F Zhang, M Liu… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Cathepsin C (Cat C) participates in inflammation and immune regulation by affecting the
activation of neutrophil serine proteases (NSPs). Therefore, cathepsin C is an attractive …

Inhibitors of cathepsin G: a patent review (2005 to present)

P Kosikowska, A Lesner - Expert opinion on therapeutic patents, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Cathepsin G (CatG) is a neutral proteinase originating from human neutrophils.
It displays a unique dual specificity (trypsin-and chymotrypsin-like); thus, its enzymatic …

Cathepsin B and L inhibitors: a patent review (2010-present)

YY Li, J Fang, GZ Ao - Expert opinion on therapeutic patents, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Cathepsins play an important role in protein degradation and processing.
Aberrant cathepsin B or L is closely associated with many serious diseases such as cancer …

Cathepsin C inhibitors: property optimization and identification of a clinical candidate

M Furber, AK Tiden, P Gardiner, A Mete… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2014 - ACS Publications
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[PDF][PDF] Cathepsin S inhibitors as novel immunomodulators

RL Thurmond, S Sun, L Karlsson… - Curr Opin Investig …, 2005 - academia.edu
Cathepsin S is one of the major cysteine proteases, and is expressed in the lysosome of
antigen presenting cells; primarily dendritic cells, B-cells and macrophages. Cathepsin S is …

Cathepsin L-selective inhibitors: A potentially promising treatment for COVID-19 patients

T Liu, S Luo, P Libby, GP Shi - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2020 - Elsevier
The widespread coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has already infected over 4 million people
worldwide, with a death toll over 280,000. Current treatment of COVID-19 patients relies …

Inhibitors of cathepsin C (dipeptidyl peptidase I)

DI Laine, J Busch-Petersen - Expert Opinion on Therapeutic …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Importance to the field: Cathepsin C (dipeptidyl peptidase I) plays a key role in the activation
of several degradative enzymes linked to tissue destruction in inflammatory diseases. Thus …

Discovery of novel cyanamide-based inhibitors of cathepsin C

D Laine, M Palovich, B McCleland… - ACS medicinal …, 2011 - ACS Publications
The discovery of potent and selective cyanamide-based inhibitors of the cysteine protease
cathepsin C is detailed. Optimization of the template with regard to plasma stability led to the …

A review of small molecule inhibitors and functional probes of human cathepsin L

D Dana, SK Pathak - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Human cathepsin L belongs to the cathepsin family of proteolytic enzymes with primarily an
endopeptidase activity. Although its primary functions were originally thought to be only of a …