“…To determine the effects of Der f‐derived proteases on IL‐33 mRNA expression, CPEK cells were incubated for 12 h at 37°C with medium alone, 100 µg/mL Der f, Der f pre‐treated with E64 (Sigma‐Aldrich; St Louis, MO, USA) as a cysteine protease inhibitor, or Der f pre‐treated with 4‐(2‐aminoethyl)benzenesulfonyl fluoride hydrochloride (AEBSF, Santa Cruz Biotechnology; Dallas, TX, USA) as a serine protease inhibitor. Der f was pre‐incubated with 10 µg/mL E64 or 1 mM AEBSF for 15 min at 37°C according to previous studies 7,8 . CPEK cells also were incubated with medium alone or 3 nM trypsin (Sigma‐Aldrich) as a serine protease for 6, 12 or 24 h at 37°C.…”