Cysteine Protease Inhibitors and Parasitic Diseases
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ABBREVIATIONS BBB: Blood brain barrier, CP: Cysteine protease, CPI: cysteine protease inhibitor, E-64: Epoxid compound: Clonazepam©, E/S: Excretory-secretory, FP2: Falcipain-2HDAC: Histone deacetylases, IFN: Interferon, LC: Lactacystin, NO: Nitrous oxide, PCD: Programmed cell death, PMN: Polymorphonuclear neutrophil granulocytes, PMSF: Phenyl-methylsulfonyl fluoride, PVS: Polyvenyl sulfone, SBTI: Soybean trypsin inhibitor, SLA: Soluble Leishmania antigen, TGF: Transforming growth factor, TLCK: Tosyl lysine chloromethyl ketone, TNF: Tumor necrosis factor, TPCK: Tosylamide phenylethyl chloromethyl ketone, VS: Vinyl sulfone.
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