Cysteine protease activity in the wall of abdominal aortic aneurysms

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Expression of the elastolytic cathepsins S and K in human atheroma and regulation of their production in smooth muscle cells.

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The Collagenolytic Activity of Cathepsin K Is Unique among Mammalian Proteinases

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Association of intraluminal thrombus in abdominal aortic aneurysm with local hypoxia and wall weakening

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Production and localization of 92-kilodalton gelatinase in abdominal aortic aneurysms. An elastolytic metalloproteinase expressed by aneurysm-infiltrating macrophages.

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