Neutrophils in beige mice secrete normal amounts of cathepsin G and a 46 kDa latent form of elastase that can be activated extracellularly by proteolytic activity

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 378, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 417-423

  Cavarra, Eleonora ^a   Martorana, Piero A ^b   Cortese, Simone ^a   Gambelli, Federica ^a   Di Simplicio, Paolo ^a   Lungarella, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

Cathepsin G; Chediak Higashi syndrome; Exocytosis; Leukocyte migration; Lysosomal proteases

Indexed keywords

ANTIPAIN; APROTININ; CATHEPSIN G; CHYMOSTATIN; ELASTASE; ENZYME PRECURSOR; LEUPEPTIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPSTATIN; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS FLUID; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL GRANULE; CELL MIGRATION; CHEDIAK HIGASHI SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRANULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RELEASE; GENETIC DISORDER; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LYSOSOME MEMBRANE; MALE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEINASE INHIBITION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030997879     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bchm.1997.378.5.417     Document Type: Article

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