Levels of cathepsins S and H in pleural fluids of inflammatory and neoplastic origin

Abstract

Authors assessed the protein levels of cathepsins S and H in 82 samples of pleural effusions and related them to their inflammatory, neoplastic or hemodynamic origin. They also compared the levels of both cathepsins with 13 markers of inflammation.

Keywords

• cathepsin H
• cathepsin S
• inflammation
• lung cancer
• pleural effusion