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ArticleBiomedical reports2019

Cell surface cathepsin G can be used as an additional marker to distinguish T cell subsets.

Adriane Penczek, Timo Burster

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Article in Biomedical reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. It's a Trap!-Potential of Cathepsins in NET Formation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Adriane PenczekDepartment of Neurosurgery, Ulm University Medical Center, D-89081 Ulm, Germany.
Timo BursterDepartment of Biology, School of Science and Technology, Nazarbayev University, Astana 010000, Republic of Kazakhstan.
Nazarbayev University · KZUniversität Ulm · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The serine protease cathepsin G (CatG) is involved in numerous processes associated with the innate and adaptive immune system. During an immune response, neutrophils secrete CatG, which can bind to the cell surface of immune cells to provoke the proteolytic processing of cytokines and chemokines in order to stimulate lymphocytes. The present study analyzed peripheral blood mononuclear cells to characterize T cell populations in terms of their CatG content by flow cytometry. It was identified that CatG was exclusively present on the cell surface of a subset of T regulatory cells (Tregs), cluster of differentiation (CD) 39

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cathepsin GCD39+ TregsproteasesT regulatory cells

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PMID30972220
PMCPMC6439432
OpenAlexW2920921226

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