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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Birgit Andree
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-5236 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Experimental dermatology 20070901 9
The serine protease inhibitor (serpin) hurpin (serpin B13) is a cross class-specific inhibitor of the cysteine protease Cathepsin (Cat) L. Cat L is involved in lysosomal protein degradation, hair follicle morphogenesis, epidermal differentiation and epitope generation of antigens. Hurpin is a 44 kDa protein which is expressed predominantly in epidermal cells. In psoriatic skin samples, hurpin was strongly overexpressed when compared with normal skin. Keratinocytes overexpressing hurpin showed in ...[more]