摘要 |
<p>During intensive studies leading to the submitted invention, the inventors here found out that the activity of cathepsin X is important for the survival of neurons and neuritogenesis and that inhibitors of this activity increase the survival of these cells and increase the neuritogenesis, because the splitting of the C- terminal part of alpha and gamma enolase, which represents the substrate for the enzymatic activity of cathepsin X, is prevented in this case.</p> |