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SUBMITTER: Salles TA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4346954 | biostudies-other | 2015 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Salles Thiago A TA dos Santos Leonardo L Barauna Valério G VG Girardi Adriana C C AC
International journal of molecular sciences 20150216 2
Dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPPIV) is a widely expressed multifunctional serine peptidase that exists as a membrane-anchored cell surface protein or in a soluble form in the plasma and other body fluids. Numerous substrates are cleaved at the penultimate amino acid by DPPIV, including glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-α), all of which play important roles in the cardiovascular system. In this regard, recent reports have documente ...[more]