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Masataka Asagiri1, Toshitake Hirai, Toshihiro Kunigami

  • 1Department of Cell Signaling, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8549, Japan.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|February 2, 2008
PubMed
まとめ

キャセプシンKを阻害すると,関節炎や骨の再吸収を減少させることで,自己免疫疾患を抑制する. このプロテアゼは免疫細胞のシグナル伝達にも影響を及ぼし,自己免疫疾患の治療標的として示唆されています.

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