S100P has been shown to mediate tumor growth, metastasis and invasion through the binding of Ca(2+) ions, receptor for advanced glycation end products, cytoskeletal protein ezrin, calcyclin-binding protein/Siah-1-interacting protein and cathepsin D. S100P could potentially serve as diagnostic marker, prognostic/predictive indicator and therapy target for different carcinomas.
Up-regulation of S100P, a member of the S100 calcium-binding protein family, is an early molecular event in the development of pancreatic cancer and it is expressed at high levels in both precursor lesions and invasive cancer.
S100P has been shown to mediate tumor growth, metastasis and invasion through the binding of Ca(2+) ions, receptor for advanced glycation end products, cytoskeletal protein ezrin, calcyclin-binding protein/Siah-1-interacting protein and cathepsin D. S100P could potentially serve as diagnostic marker, prognostic/predictive indicator and therapy target for different carcinomas.
S100P has been shown to mediate tumor growth, metastasis and invasion through the binding of Ca(2+) ions, receptor for advanced glycation end products, cytoskeletal protein ezrin, calcyclin-binding protein/Siah-1-interacting protein and cathepsin D. S100P could potentially serve as diagnostic marker, prognostic/predictive indicator and therapy target for different carcinomas.
S100P has been shown to mediate tumor growth, metastasis and invasion through the binding of Ca(2+) ions, receptor for advanced glycation end products, cytoskeletal protein ezrin, calcyclin-binding protein/Siah-1-interacting protein and cathepsin D. S100P could potentially serve as diagnostic marker, prognostic/predictive indicator and therapy target for different carcinomas.
It has been suggested that the C-->T (224Ala-->Val) transition within exon 2 of the cathepsin D gene (CTSD) might represent a risk factor for late onset AD.
A functional polymorphism in exon 2 of the cathepsin D gene (C-->T, Ala224Val) has recently been reported to increase the risk for AD in some of the Caucasian populations, with a significant overrepresentation of the T allele, but these reports have not been universally duplicated.
Variations in CTSD and MnSOD showed no association with the development of AD, whereas the presence of the Ala224Val polymorphism in CTSD had a positive association with the development of AD.
Meta-analysis of the association of the cathepsin D Ala224Val gene polymorphism with the risk of Alzheimer's disease: a HuGE gene-disease association review.
In two recent studies from Germany, a strong association was found between the allelic variant T of the amino acid substitution encoding polymorphism 224 C/T (A38V) in exon 2 of the cathepsin D gene (CTSD) and late onset Alzheimer disease (AD).