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Cystatin C

"Cystatin C" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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An extracellular cystatin subtype that is abundantly expressed in bodily fluids. It may play a role in the inhibition of interstitial CYSTEINE PROTEASES.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cystatin C" by people in this website by year, and whether "Cystatin C" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 19 publications over 13 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2011 and 2013
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