Expression of cathepsin K in the human e
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C. Haeckel; S. Krueger; F. Buehling; D. Broemme; K. Franke; A. Schuetze; I. Roes
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Cathepsin K is a protease with high collagenolytic and elastinolytic activity. Its cellular expression was previously thought to be restricted to osteoclasts and osteoclast-mediated bone resorption. In this study, the expression of cathepsin K in the human embryo and fetus was demonstrated by immuno