Cathepsin H functions as an aminopeptidase in secretory vesicles for production of enkephalin and galanin peptide neurotransmitters

NeuroPedia: neuropeptide database and spectral library

(2011) Yoona Kim et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Role of Corticotropin-Releasing Factor in Drug Addiction

(2011) Marian L. Logrip et al.   CNS DRUGS

The neuropeptide Y system: Pathophysiological and therapeutic implications in obesity and cancer

(2011) Lei Zhang et al.   PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS

Gene Targeting of the Cysteine Peptidase Cathepsin H Impairs Lung Surfactant in Mice

(2011) Frank Bühling et al.   PLoS One

Deletion of cathepsin H perturbs angiogenic switching, vascularization and growth of tumors in a mouse model of pancreatic islet cell cancer

(2010) Vasilena Gocheva et al.   BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Cathepsin H Is an Additional Convertase of Pro-granzyme B

(2010) Michael E. D'Angelo et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Mass Spectrometry-Based Neuropeptidomics of Secretory Vesicles from Human Adrenal Medullary Pheochromocytoma Reveals Novel Peptide Products of Prohormone Processing

(2010) Nitin Gupta et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

Proteomics of Dense Core Secretory Vesicles Reveal Distinct Protein Categories for Secretion of Neuroeffectors for Cell−Cell Communication

(2010) Jill L. Wegrzyn et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

Unique biological function of cathepsin L in secretory vesicles for biosynthesis of neuropeptides

(2010) Lydiane Funkelstein et al.   NEUROPEPTIDES

Cathepsin L participates in dynorphin production in brain cortex, illustrated by protease gene knockout and expression

(2009) Ardalan Minokadeh et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE

Proteases for Processing Proneuropeptides into Peptide Neurotransmitters and Hormones

(2008) Vivian Hook et al.   Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology

The activation and physiological functions of the proprotein convertases

(2008) N SEIDAH et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY

Major Role of Cathepsin L for Producing the Peptide Hormones ACTH, β-Endorphin, and α-MSH, Illustrated by Protease Gene Knockout and Expression

(2008) Lydiane Funkelstein et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

A Role for Brain Stress Systems in Addiction

(2008) George F. Koob   NEURON