Quantitation of fibroblast activation protein (FAP)-specific protease activity in mouse, baboon and human fluids and organs☆

The protease fibroblast activation protein (FAP) is a specific marker of activated mesenchymal cells in tumour stroma and fibrotic liver. A specific, reliable FAP enzyme assay has been lacking. FAP's unique and restricted cleavage of the post proline bond was exploited to generate a new specifi...

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Main Authors: Keane, Fiona M., Yao, Tsun-Wen, Seelk, Stefanie, Gall, Margaret G., Chowdhury, Sumaiya, Poplawski, Sarah E., Lai, Jack H., Li, Youhua, Wu, Wengen, Farrell, Penny, Vieira de Ribeiro, Ana Julia, Osborne, Brenna, Yu, Denise M.T., Seth, Devanshi, Rahman, Khairunnessa, Haber, Paul, Topaloglu, A. Kemal, Wang, Chuanmin, Thomson, Sally, Hennessy, Annemarie, Prins, John, Twigg, Stephen M., McLennan, Susan V., McCaughan, Geoffrey W., Bachovchin, William W., Gorrell, Mark D.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3871272/