Proteases in physiology and pathology

Front Matter ....Pages i-xv
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Physiological and Pathological Functions of Mitochondrial Proteases  (Clea Bárcena, Pablo Mayoral, Pedro M. Quirós, Carlos López-Otín)....Pages 3-25
 The Role of Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 and Metalloproteinase-9 in Embryonic Neural Crest Cells and Their Derivatives  (Rotem Kalev-Altman, Efrat Monsonego-Ornan, Dalit Sela-Donenfeld)....Pages 27-48
 The Matrix Metalloproteinase and Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinase Balance in Physiological and Pathological Remodeling of Skeletal Muscles  (Hala S. Alameddine)....Pages 49-76
 Role of BMP1/Tolloid like Proteases in Bone Morphogenesis and Tissue Remodeling  (Sibani Chakraborty, Ankur Chaudhuri, Asim K. Bera)....Pages 77-88
 Role of Proteases in the Regulation of N-Myristoyltransferase  (Sujeet Kumar, Umashankar Das, Jonathan R. Dimmock, Rajendra K. Sharma)....Pages 89-99
 Role of Tissue Factor-FVIIa Blood Coagulation Initiation Complex in Cancer  (Abhishek Roy, Ramesh Prasad, Anindita Bhattacharya, Kaushik Das, Prosenjit Sen)....Pages 101-119
 Metalloproteases in Adaptative Cell Responses  (Pavel Montes de Oca Balderas)....Pages 121-142
 Proteases from Protozoa and Their Role in Infection  (Anupama Ghosh, Sanghamitra Raha)....Pages 143-158
 Regulation of Extracellular Matrix Remodeling and Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition by Matrix Metalloproteinases: Decisive Candidates in Tumor Progression  (Y. Rajesh, Mahitosh Mandal)....Pages 159-194
 Proteases and Protease Inhibitors in Male Reproduction  (V. S. Gurupriya, Sudhir C. Roy)....Pages 195-216
 Physiological and Pathological Functions of Cysteine Cathepsins  (Mansi Manchanda, Nishat Fatima, Shyam Singh Chauhan)....Pages 217-256
 Role of Serine Proteases and Inhibitors in Cancer  (Nitesh Kumar Poddar, Sanjeev Kumar Maurya, Vanshika Saxena)....Pages 257-287
 Role of Proteases in Diabetes and Diabetic Complications  (P. V. Ravindra, T. K. Girish)....Pages 289-296
 Plant Latex Proteases: Natural Wound Healers  (Amog P. Urs, V. N. Manjuprasanna, G. V. Rudresha, M. Yariswamy, B. S. Vishwanath)....Pages 297-323
 Emerging Roles of Mitochondrial Serine Protease HtrA2 in Neurodegeneration  (Ajay R. Wagh, Kakoli Bose)....Pages 325-353
 Functional Relevance of Deubiquitinases in Life and Disease  (Julia M. Fraile, Carlos López-Otín, José M. P. Freije)....Pages 355-382
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 Submitochondrial Calpains in Pathophysiological Consequences  (Pulak Kar, Krishna Samanta, Tapati Chakraborti, Md Nur Alam, Sajal Chakraborti)....Pages 385-395
 Serine Proteases in the Lectin Pathway of the Complement System  (Fabiana A. Andrade, Kárita C. F. Lidani, Sandra J. Catarino, Iara J. Messias-Reason)....Pages 397-420
 Pups, SAMPs, and Prokaryotic Proteasomes  (Subrata Ganguli, C. Ratna Prabha)....Pages 421-434
 Role of Proteases in Photo-aging of the Skin  (Rita Ghosh)....Pages 435-449
 Insect Proteases: Structural-Functional Outlook  (Shounak Jagdale, Sneha Bansode, Rakesh Joshi)....Pages 451-473
 Protease-Antiprotease Interactions: An Overview of the Process from an “In Silico” Perspective  (Angshuman Bagchi)....Pages 475-484
 Snake Venom Proteinases as Toxins and Tools  (K. N. Suvilesh, A. N. Nanjaraj Urs, M. N. Savitha, M. D. Milan Gowda, B. S. Vishwanath)....Pages 485-515
 The World of Proteases Across Microbes, Insects, and Medicinal Trees  (Ratnakar Chitte, Sushma Chaphalkar)....Pages 517-526
 A Review on the Mode of the Interactions of Bacterial Proteases with Their Substrates  (Sanchari Bhattacharjee, Rakhi Dasgupta, Angshuman Bagchi)....Pages 527-548
 The Ubiquitin Proteasome System with Its Checks and Balances  (Prranshu Yadav, Ankita Doshi, Yong Joon Yoo, C. Ratna Prabha)....Pages 549-577
 A Brief Account of Structure-Function Relationship of the Traditional Cysteine Protease Inhibitor - Cystatin with a Special Focus on Human Family 1 and 2 Cystatins  (Suman K. Nandy)....Pages 579-605
 Solid Support Synthesis of a Dnp-Labeled Peptide for Assay of Matrix Metalloproteinase-2  (Amritlal Mandal, Atanu Maiti, Tapati Chakraborti, Sajal Chakraborti)....Pages 607-619