Mast cell proteases: multifaceted regulators of inflammatory disease

Mast Cells Contribute to Autoimmune Inflammatory Arthritis via Their Tryptase/Heparin Complexes

(2014) K. Shin et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Mouse Mast Cell Tryptase mMCP-6 Is a Critical Link between Adaptive and Innate Immunity in the Chronic Phase of Trichinella spiralis Infection

(2014) K. Shin et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Serglycin proteoglycan: Regulating the storage and activities of hematopoietic proteases

(2009) Gunnar Pejler et al.   BIOFACTORS

Critical Role of Mast Cell Chymase in Mouse Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Formation

(2009) Jiusong Sun et al.   CIRCULATION

Chymase Plays an Important Role in Left Ventricular Remodeling Induced by Intermittent Hypoxia in Mice

(2009) Chika Matsumoto et al.   HYPERTENSION

Mast Cell-Dependent Contraction of Human Airway Smooth Muscle Cell-Containing Collagen Gels: Influence of Cytokines, Matrix Metalloproteases, and Serine Proteases

(2009) A. Margulis et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Mouse Mast Cell Protease 4 Is the Major Chymase in Murine Airways and Has a Protective Role in Allergic Airway Inflammation

(2009) I. Waern et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Mast cells regulate homeostatic intestinal epithelial migration and barrier function by a chymase/Mcpt4-dependent mechanism

(2009) Katherine R. Groschwitz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Novel insights into the biological function of mast cell carboxypeptidase A

(2009) Gunnar Pejler et al.   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY

The mouse mast cell-restricted tetramer-forming tryptases mouse mast cell protease 6 and mouse mast cell protease 7 are critical mediators in inflammatory arthritis

(2008) H. Patrick McNeil et al.   ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

Mast cell chymase contributes to the antibody response and the severity of autoimmune arthritis

(2008) Sofia E. Magnusson et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Generation and characterization of alpha-chymase-Cre transgenic mice

(2008) Werner Müsch et al.   GENESIS

The extended substrate specificity of the human mast cell chymase reveals a serine protease with well-defined substrate recognition profile

(2008) M. K. Andersson et al.   INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOLOGY

Chymase-Dependent Conversion of Big Endothelin-1 in the Mouse in Vivo

(2008) E. Simard et al.   JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPEUTICS

Extended cleavage specificity of mMCP-1, the major mucosal mast cell protease in mouse—High specificity indicates high substrate selectivity

(2008) Mattias K. Andersson et al.   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY

Mast cell–derived proteases control allergic inflammation through cleavage of IgE

(2007) Ingrid Rauter et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

The extended cleavage specificity of the rodent β-chymases rMCP-1 and mMCP-4 reveal major functional similarities to the human mast cell chymase

(2007) Mattias K. Andersson et al.   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY