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    Transmembrane protease, serine 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the TMPRSS2 gene. It belongs to the TMPRSS family of proteins, whose members are transmembrane...
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    consequences for cells. Examples of these fusion gene products would be TMPRSS2-ERG and NDRG1-ERG in prostate cancer, EWS-ERG in Ewing’s sarcoma, and FUS-ERG...
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    Jahn O, Pöhlmann S (January 2014). "TMPRSS2 and ADAM17 cleave ACE2 differentially and only proteolysis by TMPRSS2 augments entry driven by the severe...
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    t(8 ; 21)), and TMPRSS2-ERG with an interstitial deletion on chromosome 21, often occurring in prostate cancer. In the case of TMPRSS2-ERG, by disrupting...
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    protein required for viral entry into cells can be accomplished by proteases TMPRSS2 located on the cell membrane, or by cathepsins (primarily cathepsin L)...
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    urine levels of mRNA molecules common to prostate tumors like PCA3 and TMPRSS2 fused to ERG. Several large studies have found that men screened for prostate...
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    drug-metabolizing enzyme. Debrisoquine has been identified as a inhibitor of TMPRSS2 protease, which is involved in the viral entry process of SARS-CoV-2. In...
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    entry. Initial spike protein priming by transmembrane protease, serine 2 (TMPRSS2) is essential for entry of SARS‑CoV‑2. The host protein neuropilin 1 (NRP1)...
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  • spike protein variants that can enhance syncytia formation. The protease TMPRSS2 is essential for syncytia formation. Syncytia can allow the virus to spread...
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    priming virus's Spike protein to show the protein named "fusion protein" (TMPRSS2 activate SARS-CoV-2 fusion). Exogenous snake venom serine proteases cause...
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    proteases such as cathepsin family and transmembrane protease serine 2 (TMPRSS2) of the host cell. S1 proteins are the most critical components in terms...
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    process also requires priming of the S protein by the host serine protease TMPRSS2, the inhibition of which is under current investigation as a potential...
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    N-0385 is an experimental small molecule TMPRSS2-inhibitor being investigated for its potential use in the prevention and treatment of COVID-19. N-0385...
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    doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2381-y. Meng, Bo; Abdullahi, Adam (2022). "Altered TMPRSS2 usage by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron impacts infectivity and fusogenicity". Nature...
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    protein required for viral entry into cells can be accomplished by proteases TMPRSS2 located on the cell membrane, or by cathepsins (primarily cathepsin L)...
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    protein required for viral entry into cells can be accomplished by proteases TMPRSS2 located on the cell membrane, or by cathepsins (primarily cathepsin L)...
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    carboxypeptidase II erbB-3 receptor Early prostate cancer antigen-2 SPINK1 GOLM1 PCA3 TMPRSS2 hPG80 Germ cell tumor NANOG Bladder cancer erbB-3 receptor NMP22 Breast...
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  • such as disruption of the tumor suppressor gene PTEN or creation of the TMPRSS2-ERG fusion gene.[citation needed] Chromplexy was originally inferred by...
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    pancreatitis. It is an inhibitor of the enzyme transmembrane protease, serine 2 (TMPRSS2). For chronic pancreatitis camostat's typical dose is 600 mg daily, for...
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    protein trefoil factor 3 TIAM1: Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor TIAM1 TMPRSS2: encoding enzyme transmembrane protease serine 2 TMPRSS3: encoding enzyme...
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    bioRxiv 10.1101/2020.05.09.086249. Meng, B; et al. (March 2022). "Altered TMPRSS2 usage by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron impacts infectivity and fusogenicity". Nature...
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    Pienta KJ, Rubin MA, Chinnaiyan AM (October 2005). "Recurrent fusion of TMPRSS2 and ETS transcription factor genes in prostate cancer". Science. 310 (5748):...
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    virus, cell type, and local environment. In SARS-CoV, the serine protease TMPRSS2 is important for this process, with additional contributions from cysteine...
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    with enzalutamide, the expression of androgen-dependent genes PSA and TMPRSS2 was down regulated in contrast to bicalutamide where the expression was...
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  • 17066 TMPO HGNC:11875 P42166 P42167 17067 TMPPE HGNC:33865 Q6ZT21 17068 TMPRSS2 HGNC:11876 O15393 17069 TMPRSS3 HGNC:11877 P57727 17070 TMPRSS4 HGNC:11878...
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  • receptors associated with viral entry include ACE2 and co-receptor TMPRSS2. TMPRSS2 is needed to cleave the spike protein for viral fusion to cell membrane...
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  • to locate any increase in the presence of ACE2 (converting enzyme 2) or TMPRSS2 (transmembrane serine protease 2). Later that year, she also published...
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  • 2020). "New insights into genetic susceptibility of COVID-19: an ACE2 and TMPRSS2 polymorphism analysis". BMC Medicine. 18 (1): 216. doi:10.1186/s12916-020-01673-z...
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    protein required for viral entry into cells can be accomplished by proteases TMPRSS2 located on the cell membrane, or by cathepsins (primarily cathepsin L)...
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    and serine protease TMPRSS2 is implicated in cleaving the spike glycoprotein to allow fusion. Given the lack of ACE2 and TMPRSS2 coexpression in the placenta...
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