660853-73-6Relevant articles and documents
Design of Potent, Selective, and Orally Bioavailable Inhibitors of Cysteine Protease Cathepsin K
Tavares, Francis X.,Boncek, Virginia,Deaton, David N.,Hassell, Anne M.,Long, Stacey T.,Miller, Aaron B.,Payne, Alan A.,Miller, Larry R.,Shewchuk, Lisa M.,Wells-Knecht, Kevin,Willard Jr., Derril H.,Wright, Lois L.,Zhou, Hui-Qiang
, p. 588 - 599 (2007/10/03)
Osteoclast-mediated bone matrix resorption has been attributed to cathepsin K, a cysteine protease of the papain family that is abundantly and selectively expressed in osteoclast. Inhibition of cathepsin K could potentially be an effective method to preve