... and2Department of Ophtalmology, University of Lund,University Hospital, Lund, SwedenCystatin F is a cysteine peptidase inhibitor recently discov-ered in haematopoietic cells by cDNA cloning. ... inhibitor, cystatin C. Cystatin F purifiedfrom lysates of U937 cells showed three major forms car-rying two, one or no carbohydrate chains. Immunocyto-chemistry demonstrated a marked cytoplasmic cystatin ... no colocalization forcystatin F. Analysis of the promoter region of the cystatin Fgene (CST7) showed that it, like that of the cystatin C gene(CST3), is devoid of typical TATA- and CAAT-box...