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Cathepsins are members of the papain family of cysteine proteases which are involved in a variety of physiological processes such as proenzyme activation, enzyme inactivation, antigen presentation, hormone maturation, tissue remodeling and bone matrix resorption. Cathepsin G is a 29 kD serine protease and is located in neutrophilic polymorphonuclear leukocytes which contain specialized azurophil granules together with two other serine proteases; elastase and protease 3. These three proteases may participate in the killing and digestion of engulfed pathogens and in connective tissue remodeling at sites of inflammation. Cathepsin G has also been found to be essential for the induction of human natural killer cell cytotoxicity.
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