Biosynthesis and processing of cathepsin K in cultured human osteoclasts

Pycnodysostosis, a Lysosomal Disease Caused by Cathepsin K Deficiency

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Impaired osteoclastic bone resorption leads to osteopetrosis in cathepsin-K-deficient mice

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Medicine, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +17

Cathepsin K, but Not Cathepsins B, L, or S, Is Abundantly Expressed in Human Osteoclasts

Fred H. Drake, Robert A. Dodds, Ian E. James et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1996 · 716 citations · Full text

Medicine, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +11

The Collagenolytic Activity of Cathepsin K Is Unique among Mammalian Proteinases

Patrick Garnero, Olivier Borel, I. Byrjalsen et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1998 · 641 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +16

Proteolytic Activity of Human Osteoclast Cathepsin K

Mary J. Bossard, Thaddeus A. Tomaszek, Scott K. Thompson et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1996 · 491 citations · Full text

Medicine, Biochemistry, Bone Metabolism +11