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Current Neurovascular Research

Editor-in-Chief

ISSN (Print): 1567-2026
ISSN (Online): 1875-5739

Review Article

Cystatin C in Cerebrovascular Disorders

Author(s): Yaru Zhang and Li Sun*

Volume 14, Issue 4, 2017

Page: [406 - 414] Pages: 9

DOI: 10.2174/1567202614666171116102504

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Abstract

Cystatin C (CysC), a cysteine protease inhibitor, has been widely proven to be a highly sensitive biomarker to predict the kidney function. The similarity of the renal and cerebral small vessels has awakened a surge of studies suggesting that CysC plays a key role in various cerebrovascular disorders. This review focuses on four major mechanisms of CysC in a variety of cerebrovascular diseases. (1) The property of the CysC Leu-68-Gln (L68Q) variant to aggregate and the property of the wild type CysC protein to co-aggregate with Amyloid-β (Aβ); (2) The disruption of equilibrium between CysC and related cysteine proteases; (3) The function of CysC as an inflammatory inducing factor; (4) The ability of CysC to induce autophagy. The combination of these CysC properties provides a well-supported novel biomarker for cerebrovascular diseases.

Keywords: CysC, cerebrovascular diseases, cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), cerebral aneurysms (CAs), subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), ischemic stroke, cerebral small vascular diseases (CSVDs), vascular dementia (VD).


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