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Pancreatic elastase

Pancreatic elastase is a form of elastase formed in the pancreas.

From recent research, it appears that of the two, ELA-1 is not transcribed into a protein.^[1]

Clinical significance

Fecal elastase is used as a measure of pancreatic status.

^ Rose S, MacDonald R (1997). "Evolutionary silencing of the human elastase I gene (ELA1)". Hum Mol Genet 6 (6): 897-903. PMID 9175736.

v • d • e Endopeptidases: serine proteases/serine endopeptidases (EC 3.4.21)
Digestive system	Enteropeptidase - Trypsin - Chymotrypsin - Elastase (Neutrophil, Pancreatic)
Complement system	Factor B - Factor D - Factor I - MASP (MASP1, MASP2) - C3-convertase
Coagulation	factors: Thrombin - Factor VIIa - Factor IXa - Factor Xa - Factor XIa - Factor XIIa - Kallikrein (PSA) fibrinolysis: Plasmin - Tissue plasminogen activator - Urinary plasminogen activator
Immune system	Chymase - Granzyme - Tryptase - Proteinase 3/Myeloblastin
Venombin	Ancrod - Batroxobin
Other	Acrosin - Prolyl endopeptidase - Pronase - Proprotein convertases (1, 2) - Subtilisin/Furin - Streptokinase - S1P

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