DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Literature associating CTSD and neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis 10

CTSD [ENSP00000236671]

Cathepsin D heavy chain; Acid protease active in intracellular protein breakdown. Plays a role in APP processing following cleavage and activation by ADAM30 which leads to APP degradation . Involved in the pathogenesis of several diseases such as breast cancer and possibly Alzheimer disease.

Synonyms:  CTSD,  A0A1B0GV01,  A0A1B0GV23,  A0A1B0GVD5,  A0A1B0GVP3 ...

Linkouts:  STRING  Pharos  UniProt  OMIM