Abstract
Proteases in normal cells are important in performing essential biological processes in living systems. A balance between proteases and their inhibitors occurs for normal physiological functions and any disturbance of this balance usually leads to many diseases. The neuronal diseases are one of them. In this chapter, we will focus on the role of proteases and some protease inhibitors in various neurological disorders. Here, we would like to discuss about the role of different proteases (serine protease, cysteine protease, aspartic protease, matrix metallo protease, etc.) in neuropathology, like neuropathy, neuroinflammation, and also some neurological diseases, namely, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. At the end of this chapter, we will also discuss about the involvement of serine proteases and their inhibitors in overall neurological disorder.
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Sarkar, A., Ghosh, S., Dutta, S., Sil, P.C. (2017). Proteases in Neuropathophysiology. In: Chakraborti, S., Chakraborti, T., Dhalla, N. (eds) Proteases in Human Diseases. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3162-5_7
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