3.4.18.1	diagnostics	development of a highly sensitive and specific sandwich-type immunoassay for cathepsin X permitting both intra- and extracellular detection and quantification. Plasma and/or serum levels of (pro)cathepsin X may be a valuable diagnostic measure of certain disease states such as acute inflammation	
3.4.18.1	diagnostics	the enzyme is a molecular marker in bovine cumulus cells predictive of oocyte competence, functional and diagnostic relationship, overview	
3.4.18.1	diagnostics	Cathepsin X is an inflammatory marker	
3.4.18.1	medicine	cathepsin X inhibitor causes neuroprotection via its inhibition of the activation of microglia. Cathepsin X can be a potential therapeutic target for neuroinflammatory disorders