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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2024, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (2): 239-244.doi: 10.19982/j.issn.1000-6621.20230377

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Role of tissue kallikrein family in pathogenesis of microorganism infection

Shang Xuetian, Pan Liping()   

  1. Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University/Beijing Key Laboratory for Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Research/Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing 101149, China
  • Received:2023-10-19 Online:2024-02-10 Published:2024-01-30
  • Contact: Pan Liping E-mail:panliping2006@163.com
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(81902024);National Natural Science Foundation of China(82172279);Beijing Natural Science Foundation(7192038);Tongzhou Yunhe Project(YH201807)

Abstract:

Tissue kallikrein-related peptidase (KLK) is a subgroup of proteolytic enzymes with trypsin or chymotrypsin properties in the serine protease family, consisting of 15 family proteins, respectively named as KLK1 to KLK15. In recent years, more and more studies have shown that KLK can participate in various physiological activities by cutting key proteins of viruses and bacteria, activating various host receptors, regulating the kinin system, etc., affecting the course of affecting the course of various pathogenic microorganisms infection in viruses, bacteria and fungi, and the mechanism of action is complex and extensive. In this paper, the role and mechanism of KLK family proteins in microbial infection in recent years were reviewed, so as to better explore the important role of KLK in microbial infection, especially to provide ideas for their research in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, and to provide a theoretical basis for KLK family proteins to be used as anti-tuberculosis therapeutic targets.

Key words: Noxae, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Infection, Tissue kallikreins, Review literature as topic

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