Uwe Lendeckel

Dipeptidyl Aminopeptidases: Basic Science and Clinical Applications Uwe Lendeckel 2006 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Structure and Function.- Peptide Substrates of Dipeptidyl Peptidases.- Phosphorus-Containing Inhibitors of Proteolytic Enzymes.- Biochemical Properties of Recombinant Prolyl Dipeptidases DPP-IV and DPP8.- Prediction of Dipeptidyl Peptidase (DP) 8 Structure by Homology Modelling.- Dpiv-Related Enzymes.- Structure and Function in Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV and Related Proteins.- Expression and Function of Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV and Related Enzymes in Cancer.- DP8 and DP9 have Extra-Enzymatic Roles in Cell Adhesion, Migration and Apoptosis.- In Vivo Effects of a Potent, Selective Dppii Inhibitor.- Expression of Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV-Like Enzymes in Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells.- Dipeptidyl Peptidase 8 Has Post-Proline Dipeptidyl Aminopeptidase and Prolyl Endopeptidase Activities.- Prolyl Endopeptidase Cleaves the Apoptosis Rescue Peptide Humanin and Exhibits an Unknown Post-Cysteine Cleavage Specificity.- Distribution of Dipeptidyl Peptidase Iv-Like Activity Enzymes in Canine and Porcine Tissue Sections by RT-PCR.- Metabolic Disorders.- Relative Contribution of Incretins to the Glucose Lowering Effect of DP IV Inhibitors in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM).- Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV: A Molecular Switch of Vascular Actions of Neuropeptide Y.- Immune Disorders.- Dipeptidylpeptidase IV (DPIV) and Alanyl-Aminopeptidases (AAPs) as a New Target Complex for Treatment of Autoimmune and Inflammatory Diseases Proof of Concept in a Mouse Model of Colitis.- Dipeptidyl Peptidases and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.- Possible Role of DP IV Inhibitors in Acne Therapy.- Dipeptidyl Peptidase-IV Activity and/or Structure Homologs (DASH): Contributing Factors in the Pathogenesis of Rheumatic Diseases?.- Neuronal Diseases.- Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV (DP IV, CD26) and Aminopeptidase N (APN, CD13) as Regulators of T Cell Function and Targets of Immunotherapy in CNS Inflammation.- CD26/DP IV in T Cell Activation and Autoimmunity.- Cancer.- DPIV/CD26 and FAP in Cancer: A Tale of Contradictions.- Type-II Transmembrane Prolyl Dipeptidases and Matrix Metalloproteinases in Membrane Vesicles of Active Endothelial Cells.- Extra-Enzymatic Roles of DPIV and FAP in Cell Adhesion and Migration on Collagen and Fibronectin.- Role of Neuropeptide Y and Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV in Regulation of Ewing s Sarcoma Growth.- The Role of CD26/DPP IV in Preservation of Early Pulmonary Graft Function."

Contributor Bio:  Lendeckel, Uwe Uwe Lendeckel is a Reader at the Institute of Experimental InternalMedicine at the Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg, Germany. After his study of pharmacology and toxicology he received his Ph. D inbiochemistry in 1990 from the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University ofGreifswald. His thesis on the "expression of the pro-opiomelanocortingene in rat Islets of Langerhans and other tissues" stimulated hisinterest in the neuro-immunological cross-talk and the regulatoryroles of cell surface proteases therein. In 1989 he joined theectopeptidase research group at the University of Magdeburg and sincethen continues to study regulation of expression and the function of Tcell ectopeptidases in the normal and pathological immune response,with special focus on the membrane alanyl-aminopeptidase. He haspublished over 40 research papers.