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Cathepsin function in aortic and cardiac diseases. Different cathepsins may play detrimental or beneficial roles in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and neointima formation (A), AAA (B), hypertension and cardiac hypertrophy (C), and myocardial infarction (D).