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Association Between Serum Cathepsin S and Mortality in Older Adults
Author(s) -
Elisabeth Jobs,
Erik Ingelsson,
Ulf Risérus,
Elisabet Nerpin,
Magnus Jobs,
Johan Sundström,
Samar Basu,
Anders Larsson,
Lars Lind,
Johan Ärnlöv
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.2011.1246
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , prospective cohort study , proportional hazards model , cohort , cathepsin , cohort study , body mass index , incidence (geometry) , endocrinology , confidence interval , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , optics , enzyme
Experimental data suggest that cathepsin S, a cysteine protease, is involved in the complex pathways leading to cardiovascular disease and cancer. However, prospective data concerning a potential association between circulating cathepsin S levels and mortality are lacking.

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